CREEMEDIA
Along with John Eskow’s Smokestack Lightning, P.F. Kluge’s Eddie And The Cruisers was one of the best rock novels I’ve ever read. If the film had captured some of the book’s melancholy mood and spirit, it could have been great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t and it isn’t.
November 1, 1983
CREEMEDIA
DEPARTMENTS
Cruising For Dollars
EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS Directed by Martin Davidson (Embassy Pictures)
Bill Holdship
Along with John Eskow’s Smokestack Lightning, P.F. Kluge’s Eddie And The Cruisers was one of the best rock novels I’ve ever read. If the film had captured some of the book’s melancholy mood and spirit, it could have been great. Unfortunately, it doesn’t and it isn’t.