Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Jeremy Allen White stepping into the boots of Bruce Springsteen with raw magnetism is a casting coup that alone would sell tickets. Yet director Scott Cooper has no interest in offering up a standard biography. He hones in on the stormy period surrounding the recording of Nebraska, turning his lens on Springsteen’s complex relationships with his manager (Jeremy Strong) and then-partner (Odessa Young). Eschewing the usual biopic tricks, Cooper’s film avoids hagiography, swaggering imitation, and the parade of familiar hits. There are no stadium tours, no rolodex of rock icons passing through frame. Instead, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere crafts an intimate, exquisitely observed portrait, a discreet study of a man wrestling with depression, old ghosts, and the crushing weight of his own legend. Inspired by Warren Zanes’s book, this is a tale of existential crossroads. Does Cooper add fresh layers to the Springsteen mythos? Absolutely, while delivering them with poise, insight, and the unmistakable pulse of the greatest music The Boss ever made.

before the screenings intro by Błażej Hrapkowicz