Blinded By the Light and Yesterday are essentially uncritical, feature-length promos for heritage bands, and there’s more to comeIf you only have a passing knowledge of the work of Bruce Springsteen, then let Blinded By the Light enlighten you.
The film is an adaptation of Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir about growing up in racist 1980s Luton as a British Pakistani “whose life was transformed by the music of Bruce Springsteen”.It is also, unavoidably, a feature-length eulogy to, and advertisement for, the Boss.
Springsteen’s music accompanies the emotional beats, his lyrics are projected across the screen, and his contribution to humanity argued in the strongest possible terms (“Bruce is the direct line to all that’s true in this shitty world”).
If you don’t agree, you’re basically on the side of the skinhead racists and the conservative Muslim parents.
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