Listen "What You Don’t Know About The 1980 Chicago Classic ‘The Blues Brothers’"
Episode Synopsis
It’s hard to find a more iconic Chicago movie than “The Blues Brothers”, and the chance to learn something new about the 1980 film? Yes please! Reset sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Daniel de Visé about the new stories he uncovered while researching the making of this cult favorite. Daniel’s book, “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic” is available now wherever you buy books.
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For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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