“And you could see the diminished Belushi in some of the bleary Chicago scenes, stuffed up and somnambulant in Elwood’s apartment, sleepwalking through the gas-station sequence. Maybe those dark glasses, so reviled by the critics, were a blessing. They hid John’s sickness.”  — Daniel de Visé, The Blues Brothers, page 295

Exuberant and thoughtful and damn near everything I wanted it to be. de Visé takes such care with the story and all its moving parts, not to mention with the trajectories of Dan, John, and all the other players.  Finally, we’ve got a definitive Blues Brothers bible.