Co-director, actually, since Springsteen shares those chores with longtime collaborator Thomas Zimny — with whom he collaborated on "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town" and "Springsteen on Broadway" — in an 80-some-odd minute presentation that weds the music to Springsteen's stage-honed storytelling skills, coupled with gauzy images of him and his wife, Patti Scialfa.It is, clearly, a valentine for hardcore "Bruuuuuce" fans, but one that does an effective job of both showcasing the material and connecting the songs in a thematic way, supporting an album that Springsteen describes near the outset as a meditation on "the struggle between individual freedom and communal life."With its modern-cowboy vibe, some of the ancillary footage looks a bit like an old Marlboro commercial, but the clear desire is to create a cohesive feel that augments the 13 songs — performed, with a full orchestra, in Springsteen's 100-year-old barn with a minimal number of onlookers.The experience is undeniably intimate, even through the medium of film. As a nostalgic bonus, Springsteen plays a cover of Glen Campbell's "Rhinestone Cowboy," which underscores the musical influences at work here, adding to a legacy that hardly needed any further embellishment.Springsteen has always enjoyed an inordinately strong, near-spiritual bond with his fans, still writing about longing and struggle as a young man, and progressing through life's stages with both his music and stories.Yet even by those standards the last 12 months have been bountiful, with his music providing the inspiration for the underappreciated indie film Read More – Source