Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Jeremy Allen White steps into the shoes of Bruce Springsteen for this poignant drama about the making of Nebraska (1982), a raw and personal album that Springsteen recorded in his bedroom with a 4-track recorder.
1981 is a crucial year in Springsteen’s career. He has just scored a huge hit with Hungry Heart and completed the biggest tour of his career, but the young musician is struggling with the pressure of success and demons from his past. The record company wants him to go to the studio to record a new album, but Springsteen decides to rent a house in Colts Neck, New Jersey. In a dark house, he reads Flannery O’Connor and watches Terrence Malick’s Badlands over and over again. He buys a 4-track recorder, picks up an acoustic guitar and starts turning the dark thoughts haunting his mind into songs. The record company initially saw little potential in the result, but Nebraska is now considered one of his best albums.
Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) based his film on Warren Zanes’ biography of Springsteen. The result is a raw portrait of a tormented artist trying to come to terms with his dark past. (mv)