“The parents with a dream for their kids, who have their own dreams. “It’s emotionally loaded on both sides,” Chadha notes. Like Springsteen’s recent one-man Broadway show based on his autobiography, “Blinded by the Light” is all about the shared DNA between parents and their children, the younger of whom want to break the mold and establish their own lives, but are still seeking approval.
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Devastating, he’s walking away from the one he loves. Just listen to ‘There Goes My Miracle’ on the new album.
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He never gave you a happy ending, and he still doesn’t. His songs were like movies, with their own characters and narratives, and it was always bittersweet. “And that’s totally what my parents were doing. “Bruce is talking about people struggling to get by, ordinary working-class people on the margins feeling trapped and wanting a better life,” she says. The issue of immigration has always been central to Chadha’s films and “Blinded by the Light” is no different. The only other integrated group I knew of was K.C. “That’s not something you saw very often back then. “It was that image of a white dude and a black dude being friendly with each other that first arrested me,” she says. Springsteen’s longtime manager Jon Landau also hails the filmmakers, telling Variety, “They did an incredible job and we all love the film.”Ī fan of Stax soul and R&B, Chadha was turned on to Springsteen from first seeing the cover art to “Born to Run,” featuring the rocker leaning on Clarence Clemons, aka the Big Man. Springsteen demonstrated his support by showing up at the movie’s recent Asbury Park premiere.
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This movie wouldn’t have happened without Bruce’s cooperation and generosity. We were all on the same page, and everything was done through his lawyer. Everybody came to the table with our budget and made it work. Adds the director: “We always insisted on paying our way as best we could. “I knew Bruce really wanted this movie to happen, so I felt money wouldn’t be a problem,” said Chadha, who refused to divulge budgetary details, though sources say that UMPG, which holds Springsteen’s publishing, and Sony Music, home to his masters, cut the director a sweetheart deal. Offers were being texted to Chadha as she sat in the audience watching her own film. and New Line Cinema, who acquired it for the $15 million it cost to make. When Springsteen came back from reading the treatment with the simple response, “I’m all good with this,” Blinded by the Light went in front of the cameras, and wowed the audience at Sundance earlier this year, setting up a spirited bidding war won by Warner Bros. I had to stop seeing him as a rock star, but someone who wrote these songs for my movie.” I set out to make a movie with integrity, that would live up to that legacy - not only Bruce’s music but what he stands for, what he represents. I only used the ones which captured the character’s journey. Picking the songs was quite a forensic task. “We tried to make the music work for our story rather than exploit it. Worried about adding Bruce’s music to the film, Chadha was encouraged by the Springsteen camp to begin writing the screenplay and ‘something would be figured out,’ given the film’s modest budget. screening of The Promise,” the documentary about the making of “Darkness on the Edge of Town.” Now it promises to be the veteran director’s biggest crossover hit since “Bend It Like Beckham,” which introduced Keira Knightley to the screen. It took almost a decade from Chadha’s chance meeting with Springsteen, who gave his thumbs-up to the book after a 2010 U.K. Likewise, Chadha is a huge Springsteen fan, who pursued her dream of making a movie about The Boss’ music based on the true-life memoir of co-writer (and fellow diehard) Sarfraz Manzoor.
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It serves as a poignant parallel to the xenophobia of today. For that reason, the 59-year-old’s movies has always dealt with the immigrant experience, and her latest is no different, telling the story of a Muslim Pakistani teenager growing up in Thatcher’s England whose narrowly structured life is saved when he’s turned on to the music of Bruce Springsteen during the late ‘80s National Front/dole queue era. Born in Kenya when the country was a British colony, she grew up part of the Indian/Asian diaspora who made their way from East Africa to London. Blinded by the Light co-writer/director Gurinder Chadha knows firsthand what it feels like to be an outsider.