Getting the band together, it read.
You should stop by.
He allowed filmmaker Ernie Fritz to shoot theirGreatest Hitsstudio sessions for the documentaryBlood Brothers.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are the focus of the new documentary ‘Road Diary.‘Griffin Lotz for Rolling Stone
That film was directed by Chris Hilson, who brought Zimny onboard to wrap up the editing process.
He begins on the opposite end of the stage from Clarence, and they start walking towards each other.
I remember being in the editing room and watching Thom do a cut on that sequence that was spectacular.
I said, Well, okay.
This guys got some potential here.
I didnt know hed be with us for the next 24 years though.
Stevie [Van Zandt] goes back with him forever.
George Travis, who produces the tours, goes back to 1977.
Hes been with one record company since 1973.
All the emotions in that speech, I wanted the film to have a sense of that.
No explanation was given until she revealed to Zimny on camera that she wasdiagnosedwith multiple myeloma in 2018.
In those conversations came out the details of why she wasnt touring.
She trusted me, and trust is such a huge element in the process of making these films.
Thats why I included her performance of Fire in Los Angeles.
It shows an intimate side of her and Bruce thats very rare.
Hardcore fans in Norway, Italy, and England share their stories on camera.
And were just in the enjoying it stage now.
Theres just a unique character to our European audiences.
The film happens to focus on Barcelona, which has one of our most inspired audiences.
We have a real soft spot for them.
I love having a choir of overlapping voices that are giving you experiences, says Zimny.
They all have musical voices.
Stevies voice is fantastic in telling some of the early days of the E Street.
You get Roy and his sense of humor.
And then you get the dryness of Garry and his delivery.
Throughout production, Zimny sent Springsteen incomplete sequences he worked up.
Hed respond with voiceovers inspired by what he saw.
Im able to take that voiceover, put it against my image, says Zimny.
And every single time it takes it to a whole other place where I rework the whole thing.
Can you imagine what that night was like for Bruce?
Im always looking for different stories, and I find all his chapters really fascinating.
Hes a fantastic guy, just extraordinary person to begin with.
Their plans beyond that are unclear even to Landau.
But I am not sitting here holding any as-yet unannounced schedule.
This is what we have.
Everything that we have is out there now.
