There’s “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb,” and then there’s “How to Sufficiently Interview Someone Whose Work You’ve Spent Countless Meaningful Hours with While Over Zoom to Promote a Film About Themselves, All Inside of Eight Minutes.” Who knows what number among the hundreds of thousands (millions?) that have attended U2 concerts in the last 45 years would sell an arm and leg for limited time of any kind with Bono, whose odd mixture of talent, sincerity, and absurdity have left an imprint on fans that goes well past the standard rockstar glitz and glamour.

My own opportunity arose via “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” Andrew Dominik’s cinematic rendition of a one-man stage show that itself condensed Bono’s compelling, self-effacing memoir “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.” Those who read that book will recognize many stories captured herein, though they’ve been jumbled around, reanimated by Bono’s buoyant presence,...