The film about the making of Bruce Springsteen's album "Nebraska" was just released this week. As we are big fans and have actually attended a concert in Leipzig, we of course had to see this film! Jeremy Allen White does a very great job of portraying a troubled Springsteen who is coming to terms with being over 30 and on the cusp between where he comes from (Freehold, NJ) and where he is headed (Los Angeles, CA).
My folks lived in New Jersey for a few years and my mom taught math at Freehold High School (a school very proud of its former pupil). Yes, that's what that town and many small towns in the US look like. The diner was just like the diner in my home town in Pennsylvania.
The film was sad and super at the same time. It was very slowly paced and White did a good job of letting us see that he was thinking deep (and painful) thoughts without saying anything. The music, of course, was great (although White actually learned the guitar and sang many of the songs himself). The studio production of "Born in the U.S.A." was really a highlight!
I'm afraid the film won't last long, there were three of us in the showing in English. It is well worth the time (and sitting through the horrible ads for films I would never in my life want to watch)!
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