The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (2010)

• 79%
• 2010
• Documentary
• Music
• Thom Zimny
• Bruce Springsteen
• Mike Appel
• Roy Bittan

Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," released in 1978, was three years in the making, 10 songs chosen from 70 written and rehearsed during that period. Using archival footage from the studio and contemporary interviews with Springsteen, the E Street Band, and those who were in the control room, the film presents a portrait of an artist driving himself to capture working-class life with a rough and raw sound that felt more like a live performance than a studio recording.