A Movie About Falling in Love With Bruce Springsteen
<em>Blinded by the Light </em>is the earnest, exuberant story of a British Pakistani boy who finds inspiration in the American icon.
Bruce Springsteen, , musical essayist of that ineffable feeling of being caught between a rock and a hard place, is very much a heart-on-sleeve artist. To say as much is not to diminish his music, but to explain why he fits so well in the oeuvre of a director like Gurinder Chadha. The British Indian filmmaker behind such cheerful comedies as and might not seem like an ideal interpreter for New Jersey’s greatest and grittiest songwriter. Butthe story of a British Pakistani boy who falls in love with the music of Springsteen—is her best effort in years, a hugely charming and surprising match of artistic styles.
