John Landis

“We're on a mission from God,” stolidly maintain the two FBI-looking musicians Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) in John Landis’ 1980 classic The Blues Brothers. God, indeed, seemed to have blessed this musical/comedy/cat and mouse chase, plus massive car pileups, that Landis and company were able to concoct.

Festivals are all about a vast array of talent, ideas and points of view. A good festival - like the ever-classy, ever-young Venice Film Festival - also emphasizes collaboration, its relaxed atmosphere allowing for filmmakers and actors to get together to both celebrate their work and conjure future projects.

Director John Landis came to the Lido with his wife, costume designer and curator Deborah Nadoolman to present the first ever look at the restored version of his 1981 beloved horror classic An American Werewolf in London at the Venice Film Festival. The film is the story of two American college students, Jack (Griffin Dunne) and David (David Naughton) backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them.