No one tells Bruce Springsteen’s story quite like himself. joshuahorowitz talked to springsteen about his concert flick WesternStarsMovie, his favorite films, and more
had any kind of crisis of professional confidence may have been 45 years ago. He can actually pinpoint the time. He was 25.had just been released to critical and commercial success, propelling Bruce to worldwide fame — and suddenly acting opportunities were starting to emerge. But even a young movie lover like Bruce knew this wasn’t the right path for him.
“I said, ‘Well, I just feel like I haven’t done the homework and the preparation to be an actor.’ I didn’t have the confidence," he said."Whereas in music I was completely confident. I liked that feeling, so I stuck with it.” It’s worked out pretty well so far. But it’s funny how things come full circle. This weekend, Springsteen makes his feature film directing debut with, an intimate portrait of an aging artist cleverly disguised as a concert film. In the film, co-directed by his frequent collaborator Thom Zimny, Springsteen performs his newest album live inside his century-old barn.
He wrote the script in one night. He and Zimny shot the vignettes that illuminate the backstory of the album over the course of two days in Joshua Tree National Park. Springsteen casually mentions that they edited it at his farm in less than two weeks. But don’t let the accelerated timeline fool you: There’s nothing haphazard about the 70-year-old first-time filmmaker. Movies have been in his bones forever.opens with nostalgic iconography: the old Warner Bros. logo. Springsteen laughs when this is brought up in conversation. After all, it's the same logo that opens one of his favorite Westerns, John Ford’sFord, he explains, resonated with him not only in the themes he explored but in the way he built a crew of collaborators.
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