Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," released in 1978, was three years in the making, 10 songs chosen from 70 written and rehearsed during that period. Using archival footage from the studio and contemporary interviews with Springsteen, the E Street Band, and those who were in the control room, the film presents a portrait of an artist driving himself to capture working-class life with a rough and raw sound that felt more like a live performance than a studio r... (Full plot summary below)
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Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," released in 1978, was three years in the making, 10 songs chosen from 70 written and rehearsed during that period. Using archival footage from the studio and contemporary interviews with Springsteen, the E Street Band, and those who were in the control room, the film presents a portrait of an artist driving himself to capture working-class life with a rough and raw sound that felt more like a live performance than a studio recording.
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| Dallas Morning NewsChris VognarEvery great album has its own creation myth. |
| Film Freak CentralBill ChambersYou've got to admire Springsteen's chutzpah in documenting and cataloguing his creative process with a borderline-Kubrickian obsessiveness long before his reputation warranted it... |
| User ReviewJack GThis is an absolute must for fans of Bruce Springsteen & for fans of Rock N Roll in general. During the 2nd viewing of this I quickly realized that this Rock N Roll documentary about one of the essential Rock N Roll albums of all time completely blows away another documentary about another essential all time album. The one about the making of Exile On Main Street. |
| User ReviewBrandon LThis Film was fucking amazing i loved it i hope he dose one for his Born in the Usa and his tunnel of love |
| User ReviewGerry RThis is an absolute must for fans of Bruce Springsteen & for fans of Rock N Roll in general. During the 2nd viewing of this I quickly realized that this Rock N Roll documentary about one of the essential Rock N Roll albums of all time completely blows away another documentary about another essential all time album. The one about the making of Exile On Main Street. |
| User ReviewJoe Aa must see for any springsteen fan. the studio footage is epic and something you'll want to savor every second of. it was also pretty sweet to see the world premiere with bruce sitting two sections away. pick up the rerelease of the 'the promise: the darkness on the edge of town story' on november 16th. |
| User ReviewSean CTo an extent, it's for fans only, but as a Springsteen devotee I find this to be the most interesting phase of the Boss's career: embroiled in a legal battle over the rights to his star-making Born to Run album, Bruce and the band wait on the margins for three long years, prohibited from entering the studio. When the cloud finally lifts, there are about 70 songs in play, whittled down to 10 for the final product. I liked the discussion of the most known songs and how they captured the goal of the album, as well as the focus on the songs that were left off, but I was a little disappointed that the "deep cuts" weren't talked about more; "Because the Night" gets given away to Patti Smith, "Fire" to the Pointer Sisters, but we never do learn why exactly a song like "Streets of Fire" ends up on the album. Thom Zimny's Boss flicks are always a little hero-worshipping, but like I said, to an extent it's for fans only. |
