Email ABC Arts By Luke Goodsell Updated October 23, 2019 09:30:24 Photo: The film’s title refers to the opening track of Bruce Springsteen’s 1973 album Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. (Supplied: Universal Pictures) Audio: Bucketlist: Gurinder Chadha, film director (Rhianna Patrick) Audio: Talking TV with Lauren Carroll Harris – The Nostalgia Industry (The Screen Show) Map: United Kingdom It’s been a heady 12 months for classic rock nostalgia, with movies revolving around Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody), Elton John (Rocketman) and The Beatles (Yesterday) lumbering into cinemas with all the grace of dad air-guitaring in the family SUV.To the mix we can now add Bruce Springsteen, who has lent his blessing to this coming-of-age film “inspired” by his words and music.Based on a memoir by Bruce superfan Sarfraz Manzoor and directed by Bend It Like Beckham’s Gurinder Chadha, Blinded by the Light puts a refreshing, socially specific spin on its rock ‘n’ roll icon by exploring the transformative power of Springsteen’s music on a Pakistani teenager in 1980s Britain.It’s 1987, and 16-year-old aspiring poet Javed (Viveik Kalra) is stuck in the dour English town of Luton, penning songs for his best friend Matt’s (Dean-Charles Chapman) New Romantic band and negotiating life in… Read full this story
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