The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions — with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.
Direction
Zimny weaves 1976-78 footage like a fever dream of creative purgatory.
Sound
Hear 'Darkness' tracks deconstructed raw — Springsteen's voice cracks, and it's beautiful.
Production
The farmhouse rehearsal footage feels illegally intimate.
Director
Thom Zimny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Springsteen recorded over 70 songs for 'Darkness' and released only 10, vaulting the rest until 2010's 'The Promise' box set — making this doc's title a triple-layered pun.
The film captures the exact moment Springsteen pivoted from 'Born to Run' myth-making to working-class chronicler, effectively inventing the archetype of the Serious Rock Artist.
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