Springsteen, according to Springsteen, from today 'Western Stars' streaming

the Bruce Springsteen is not an artist any we know. It is a rocker, a prophet, a preacher, a friend, a folksinger, a writer, a performer, a star, a messiah, an entertainer, all together, always and forever. But watch the movie that sees him make his debut as a director, next to Thom Zimny, allows us to see him in a way that is still different. the Western Stars , available for rental from today on all streaming platforms, is a kind of passionate and curious self-portrait, Springsteen told by Springsteen, the necessary corollary to the endless sequence of concerts in new york for the solitude in which, already abundantly told himself, his life, his dreams, his demons, his music. Western Stars goes beyond, brings us a piece of his home, his ranch in New Jersey, wearing the chapel, a cowboy, picks up an acoustic guitar, and try to paint a picture. It is not a photograph, it is clear, it is not a snapshot of the artist at the dawn of his seventy years, but a framework in which Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen tries to undress, as much as she can of the role of the “boss” and tries to tell us how he sees himself today. And the picture, to be such, must have a background, it must be complete. And the background are the United States of America, which, as in any framework that respects, are in part real and in part imaginary.