Trama

The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978 with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, and others closely involved in the making of the record.

Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," released in 1978, was three years in the making, 10 songs chosen from 70 written and rehearsed during that period. Using archival footage from the studio and contemporary interviews with Springsteen, the E Street Band, and those who were in the control room, the film presents a portrait of an artist driving himself to capture working-class life with a rough and raw sound that felt more like a live performance than a studio recording.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>