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“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” kicked off AFI Fest last week with all the hoopla befitting a film about one of America’s most iconic artists. Throngs of autograph-seeking fans gathered near the TCL Chinese Theatre as spotlights illuminated the red carpet arrivals of the film’s director and screenwriter, Scott Cooper, alongside Bruce Springsteen and star Jeremy Allen White , who portrays him in the biopic.

Yet the premiere was also steeped in irony: a night of Hollywood glamour devoted to a movie about the making of “Nebraska,” the stark, home-recorded album Springsteen released in 1982 without any fanfare — no singles, no press and no tour.

If anyone understands that juxt

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