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Blues Brothers on Location: Prisons, Malls, City Halls

Revisit three scenes from 'The Blues Brothers,' and assess the significance of location filming in Chicago

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This mini course breaks down three scenes from The Blues Brothers (1980) in order to help you understand

  • why movies (and TV series) get made in specific locations like Chicago

  • potential meanings behind location filming

  • the impact, environmental or otherwise, of screening locations

You'll also learn backstories of the 1980 movie and how the (unruly!) Blues Brothers' act got started.

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