In „Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,“ which had its local premiere Sunday at the New York Film Festival, The Boss (Jeremy Allen White) riskily writes and records “Nebraska,” his dark, acoustic folk album that is today regarded as among his finest.
The Bruce Springsteen movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” has a lot in common with last year’s Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown.”
Each eschews a sprawling birth-to-present-day storyline and instead focuses on a consequential chapter in the life of one of the greatest American musicians.
Dylan’s centered on him controversially leaving traditional folk behind in favor of electric.
Springsteen’s biopic, which had its local premiere Sunday at the New York Film Festival and hits theaters Oct. 24, flips that. It shows The Boss riskily recording an acoustic folk album, “Nebraska,” a dark and personal follow-up to his rocking “The River” that is today regarded as among his finest.
There is another difference. “A Complete Unknown” made Dylan’s life an also-ran to his art — maintaining the enigma’s mystery.
“Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the enlightening and entertaining movie starring Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen, is, by contrast, all raw emotion. Director Scott Cooper’s film delves into Springsteen’s demons, his struggles with depression and his complex relationship with his dad.
Close to falling apart at 32, the singer-songwriter navigates his small-town New Jersey roots as he stands on the scary precipice of superstardom.
All of those messy ingredients lead to 1982’s “Nebraska.
