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Burn's homage to The Boss

posted 16 years ago by susie-110
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Not just because of the title, nor because of the songs in the film. Take out all of those references. The movie IS a Bruce Springsteen song. Those ordinary-everyday characters, the bar, the gas station, the cars! Love, so fragile. The need to getaway because this town rips the bones from your back. God, I looooooooooooooooooooved this movie, how I enjoyed it. God bless you, Eddie Burns, cause you made me the happiest girl on earth.
Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?

[–] benjo18 16 years ago

I totally agree. This is a fantastic film with real characters and a believable storyline. He is a great filmmaker.

Barry McMullen: "I like being a pessimist. It helps me deal with my inevitable failure."

[–] susie-110 16 years ago

Ah, at last someone who thinks like me... I find I cannot recommend this movie to my friends, because they just won't get it and I don't want to listen to them complaining. And I keep it to myself. Sooo sad...

Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie, or are you gonna bite?

[–] cottonfishtales 16 years ago

I totally agree with you. When I first saw itI thought "This movie is like a Springsteen song". The mood, the characters, the small town stuff...

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[–] mojorising_you 12 years ago

You couldn't have said it any better. I thought the Springsteen songs were perfectly picked and inserted in this movie and then I read your comments that the movie was the songs. Spot on!

[–] Montserrat23 10 years ago

Burns is so gifted! He manages to make us feel how the small town life is, with its desperate characters, some of them searching for an escape while others stay without looking for anything else. The Boss' songs are perfect and they fit the atmosphere so well. This movie is a piece of art built around Springsteen's great music and lyrics. I really loved it. Burns should make more of this kind.

Sorry, English is my second language.

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