On Monday, October 20 2025 the Greek Official Premiere of the "Springsteen - Deliver Me From Nowhere" took place at Danaos Cinema in Athens. Members of "No Surrender", the Greek Springsteen Community were invited. The trouble was I was working until 9pm that evening and I could not be at the cinema in time for the movie. However, the premiere was more than just a showing of the movie. After the movie Greek artists would be playing Springsteen songs, mainly from "Nebraska". As expected, I arrived just after the movie had ended, but before the music had started.
I would see the movie 12 days later, on Saturday, November 1 at Village Cinemas Mall. It was a good thing that I did not delay this any further, since that was the last week it was shown in cinemas. Meanwhile, I was reading reviews and articles from the States on the internet which claimed the film was a flop. Well, no surprise, there. You can't make a movie about "Nebraska", Bruce's most "difficult" album and expect it to be a blockbuster! Who's going to be interested in it apart from us, the hardcore fans? If, instead of "Nebraska", the film was telling the story of the making of "Born In The USA" and its subsequent tour, it would be a box office smash equal perhaps to "Bohemian Rhapsody"!
I liked the movie even though the scriptwriter took some liberties with what really happened. That is to be expected, though from Hollywood movies as we have already seen in "Bohemian Rhapsody". All in all it was an enjoyable Saturday night, despite the fact that I'm not a fan of multiplex cinemas.
