HBO lands historic Bruce Springsteen film
Philadelphia Inquirer TV critic Jonathan Storm blogs here.
HBO lands historic Bruce Springsteen film
Jonathan Storm, Inquirer Television Critic
Get ready to rock with the Boss into the past on HBO. The premium network Saturday announced it had landed a documentary based on 30-year-old film made by Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band as they recorded one of their key albums. The Promise: The Making of "Darkness on the Edge of Town" will be televised in October.
"They filmed the artistic process and put it in a vault," said HBO co-president Richard Plepler. "It's absolutely riveting, whether you're a huge Springsteen fan or not."
"Utterly mesmerizing," echoed president of programming Michael Lombardo.
The old film was shot between 1976 and 1978. Filmmaker Thom Zimny, who won an editing Emmy in 2001 for HBO's Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Live in New York City, worked with Springsteen to fashion an 85-minute documentary melding the old footage with contemporary recollections and commentary from the band members.
"We're thrilled to present a magical inside look at what it takes to make a work of art," said HBO exec Nancy Geller.
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Thank you, journalismisdead, for your thoughtful, insightful, and utterly worthless comments. As one of the greatest rock musicians of all time, this will be an awesome documentary to check out. I'm very excited for it.— veritas1325- Thank god for libpukes. Or art would be The 700 Club and Mike Huckabee jammin' on his bass. Seriously, you ever see him jam on his bass? Hilarious. He married a dude too. Google him errr her.— LostAngelbird
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- I agree with several of the comments on this article. I don't necessarily want to hear political theory from any present-day entertainer, right or left. There is no way a great entertainer can have the time to contribute meaningfully to arguments that require a knowledge of history, economics, intelligence collection, and knowledge of social issues beyond what would please the crowd. That is what university professors and politicians and their assistants are for. As long as I am just listening to the music or watching the film, I don't really care what they have to say in soundbytes. The Boss is one of the greatest rock musicians of the past generation (and has some pretty good recent stuff). Let's give him a little leeway for his using his fame and talent to create something of a bully pulpit and just enjoy the music.— gfstallin
- Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce— Al Swearengen
- Nice point veritas. The thinking and creative class in America tend to be "libpukes." The folks who drool their way through four hours of Fox News propaganda every day are almost invariably conservatives. Interesting pattern.— tomB
- Look forward to seeing this in October. I don't care about the politics end, the man's music is legendary and Darkness is a totally amazing record— MJPowell
- no one wants to hear any comments about politics - if you say something negative you are a liberal. If you are an entertainer you have absolutely no credibilitiy because you have money??? That's just ridiculous in some cases; if Lady GaGa makes a political statement then yes...it is ridiculous. If George Clooney or Bruce Springsteen make a comment then you should probably perk up your ears for a moment before you fire off your insults about "what do they know". It is never about how much money you have it his how thoughtful and deliberate. Do these two mentioned seem like a bunch of yahoo's? These people stand more to lose than any other in the arena of public discourse because they have something at stake; making money. If they make a controversial statement that angers us 'blue collear' folks then they are hit at the box office and it affects their sales. they are sticking their necks out. I guess we should just leave political commentary to the likes of glen beck, rush limbaugh, anne coulter, and scott hannity -I really get a good sense that they are in touch...!— roddieb
