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Beyond the Blues Brothers
Thu, Jun 15
|Round Lake Area Public Library – Zoom
Celebrate the 1980 Chicago-based movie in all its iterations
Time and Location
Jun 15, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CDT
Round Lake Area Public Library – Zoom
About
Celebrate the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers as you explore its backstories, mix of Hollywood genres, and impact on Chicago-based filmmaking.
This hour-long interactive talk considers (1) backstories of the 1980 movie and the Blues Brothers' act, made famous on SNL; (2) conventional Hollywood genres and 10 ways The Blues Brothers film, for better or worse, insists on mixing them; and (3) the movie’s impact on Chicago-based filmmaking, with a special nod to Jane Byrne, who served as Chicago’s mayor during the film’s production.
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