Thursday with Robert Redford

‘The Natural’ (1984)

The conflict of director Barry Levinson’s dreamlike The Natural is the good versus the beguiling. This unusual motion picture is a mythical dramatization of the baseball player. The 1984 film is neither gritty nor modern. Like any good sports movie, especially the baseball movie, this is a fable. But, despite any flaws, it’s better than fabulous. Embell…