![]() It is a fertile ground to incorporate Bruce Springsteen songs, particularly from albums such as The River and Darkness in the Edge of Town. Blinded by the Light is a feel good movie with undercurrents of the political and economics circumstances of the 1980s. They only seemed to have existed in London at that time. It is notable that this film is set in 1987 but the yuppies have yet to get to places like Luton. ![]() No jobs, no money and fascists wanting to blame immigrants. Life in Luton during Mrs Thatcher's 1980s was not too different from many other towns. They must have hated it as they only stayed there for a few months and soon returned up north. My parents used to talk about living in Luton. When a college friend introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteen, Javed finds the Boss's music talks to him directly and it enables Javed to find his own voice. His dad would like Javed to have a professional job where he can earn good money, Javed wants to write instead but he thinks no one would be interested. Javed grew up in a traditional Pakistani family, his dad works in a car factory and is soon to be made redundant. Blinded by the Light is about Javed (Viveik Kalra) a teenager who has started college in 1987 in the town of Luton which is facing industrial decline and the rise in racism. Based on the semi autobiographical by journalist Sarfraz Manzoor.
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