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It's not often that a rock concert begins with an approximately 20-minute montage of scenes from mostly classic '50s and '60s films shown on a large screen, but that was the case with John Mellencamp's show at New York City's Beacon Theatre Friday. Related to his 2021 appearance as a guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies, the brief excerpts were from movies that meant something special to him–among them Giant, Hud, On the Waterfront, The Fugitive Kind, The Misfits, The Grapes of Wrath and A Streetcar Named Desire. And based on watching those excerpts, one could see how those films resonated with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer: ordinary people from everyday life who are trying to survive amid unforeseen circumstances and an unforgiving society.
