Just saw that. Really incredible.
I love that music and that album was some of his best. He does seem kinda self-important in that film, though. At least when he was a kid.
I do have some corroboration on that.
My wife's uncle Fran was his first manager. Bruce actually lived in her Grandma's basement for almost a year. Not a good relationship with his parents. But talking Fran, he acknowledged that when they would have parties or just hang out, Bruce would sit in the bedroom and just write. He said he was CONSTANTLY writing. After "Born To Run" came out, Fran, who was a self-important idiot himself, actually left Bruce stating that he felt Bruce was selling out. Incredible. The biggest dumbass career move since Pete Best.
I actually met him once in Rumsen, NJ when he came up to us at a table and said hello to my wife's grandma. Very nice guy.
That music is timeless and never fails to bring me right back to a time and a feeling. And that's the ultimate goal. Conjuring a feeling.
But the ONE thing I took from that movie (and other media like it), is that writing is king. You HAVE to write and do it ALL the time. Tom Petty's book is the same thing. Write, write and write more. Petty still writes 6-7 hours EVERY DAY. Every day.
Loved it.
