Javed instantly finds a kindred
spirit in the American songwriter.
Soon, Javed is dressing in double
denim, following his dream of be-
coming a writer and nabbing him-
self a girlfriend in young activist
Eliza (Nell Williams).
The history of pop music in the
second half of the twentieth cen-
tury was essentially a back and
forth cross-pollination between
the US and UK, from The Beatles
and Stones repackaging blues and
rock ‘n ‘roll, to the young African-
American futurists of ‘80s Detroit
who combined their obsession
with British synth pop with the 4/4
beat of disco to create Techno.
Fitting then that a British movie
should delve into the essence of
a none more American artist like
Springsteen. Comparisons are
made between Javed’s home of
Luton and Springsteen’s New Jer-
sey, both once thriving industrial
boroughs devastated by unem-
ployment in the ‘80s.
When Javed’s father, Malik, falls
victim to the recession and loses
his job at the local Vauxhall car
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