Cinema: A Great Rock-'n'-Roll Caravan

THE BLUES BROTHERS Directed by John Landis

Screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and John Landis

CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC Directed by Nancy Walker

Screenplay by Bronte Woodard and Allan Carr

ROADIE Directed by Alan Rudolph

Screenplay by Big Boy Medlin and Michael Ventura

Halfway through Roadie, some earnest environmentalists get a court injunction to block a rock concert, claiming the amplified music wastes energy. "Hell," shouts one good ole boy, "don't they know that rock 'n' roll puts more energy into the air than it takes out of the ground?" Energy is the operative word in rock, and...

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