...Blinded by the Light...
....awww and it was based on a true story...
Spoiler:
... the movie was inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen...through his life he saw him in concert over 150 times ....I loved the film...although there were so many uplifting parts, we totally felt the hardships and prejudices of the time as well...that thing of dreams versus family commitments etc...
"Pakistanis do not go to parties."...and they don’t have a social life unless it’s a daylight hours one that their parents aren’t aware of and they don’t listen to popular music and they don’t dance and they don’t have girlfriends and they don’t write poetry or songs ...etc etc...I think we can all relate as well to that first time that we listened to a music artist who changed our lives, who totally seemed to relate to us, to understand us, to be part of us...THAT artist who just knew us... ‘that awakening’ ...and that’s obviously what Javed felt when he first was given those Bruce tapes and his dreams were opened up to something he’d never felt before ...but the reality of his life was his responsibilities to his struggling family...his mother working every moment as a seamstress and his dad’s job loss in the 80’s recession when there were virtually no jobs to be had...and in a world of rising Nationalism and racism as well...and so sad to think that there are still elements of those things now...
....it was beautifully done when you felt both of his worlds...his world of Bruce and dreams and his world of responsibilities and complete love for and devotion to his parents, who had worked so hard for all of their children....
...*sigh*...it was just a really, really great watch and not taxing on the thoughts ...
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