4.6 • 676 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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When Gurinder Chadha set out to make a movie based on journalist Sarfraz Manzoor’s memoir about the effect of Bruce Springsteen music on his life, she had one small problem. The movie couldn’t work without Springsteen’s songs. So when she and Manzoor snagged a moment with The Boss on a red carpet, they took their shot. Incredibly, it worked. Chadha and Manzoor tell the tale of their film ‘Blinded by the Light.'
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0:00.0 | From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business. |
0:05.2 | When filmmaker Gowinda Chadha set out to make a movie based on journalist Sophras Manzur's coming-of-age memoir |
0:11.2 | about the profound effect of Bruce Springsteen music on his life, she had one small problem. |
0:17.3 | The movie couldn't work without Springsteen songs. |
0:20.2 | So, when she and Manzor snagged a moment with the boss on a red carpet, she took her shot. |
0:24.6 | My heart was pumping 10 to the dozen, and I was like, this is it, this is your moment, what are you going to say? |
0:29.6 | Act cool, be cool, be professional, you know. |
0:32.6 | And in the end I was like, Hi Bruce, my name's Karinda Chata. I'm in Bend and I, like, okay, please help us me, want to make a movie in the book, |
0:39.0 | can you help us me? |
0:39.6 | He goes, so it sort of came out a bit like that, sadly. |
0:42.7 | But it worked. |
0:43.5 | Chadha and Mansour tell the tale of the new film Blinded by the Light, |
0:47.4 | which features no fewer than 19 Springsteen songs. |
0:51.9 | Chata also tells us how Brexit influenced her decision to make the movie and shares the excitement |
0:57.2 | of the Sundance Bidding War. |
0:59.4 | At $15 million, blinded by the light was the priciest buy of this year's festival. |
1:04.9 | But first on the news banter, Disney feels some indigestion. |
1:08.8 | Stick around. |
1:09.5 | It's the business from KCRW. |
1:16.1 | I am joined by my buddy and banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter. Hello, Matt. |
1:20.9 | Hi there. So, Disney announced its earnings. A little bit of disappointment there. The stock took a ding because, largely, not |
1:29.3 | exclusively, these Fox movies when they bought Fox, they had some movies in the pipeline, some of |
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