I Hadn’t Realized He’d Retired From the Public Eye

Posted by Stephen on August 6, 2009 – 10:49 pm

John Hughes, dead at 59.

For me, it was Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, though I also give the nod to Sixteen Candles despite its casual racism.

Did you have a favorite among his movies?

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6 Comments

  1. Misty
    on August 7, 2009 at 8:09 am | Permalink

    It’s a tie for me between Breakfast Club and Some Kind of Wonderful although at the time I certainly put many, many miles on Pretty in Pink. What was his deal with red-headed kids?

  2. Paul O'Brian
    on August 7, 2009 at 9:00 am | Permalink

    Breakfast Club & Ferris Bueller.

  3. Danielle
    on August 7, 2009 at 4:14 pm | Permalink

    Some Kind of Wonderful – started my crush on Eric Stoltz…
    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – started my crush on Matthew Broderick (okay, well War Games STARTED it, but Ferris clinched it). The scene with the parade was just fantastically awesome!
    Breakfast Club – started my crush on Judd Nelson
    See a trend?
    I saw a full list of his movies & think I only liked and/or saw 10 of them.

  4. Tombstone
    on August 9, 2009 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    I saw Weird Science when I was way too young to have done so. Definitely part of my formative experiences. :~)

  5. thinkslaughter
    on August 10, 2009 at 7:24 am | Permalink

    breakfast club
    ferris bueller
    did he do fast time at ridgemont high?

    molly ringwald, mmmmmm

  6. Stephen
    on August 10, 2009 at 1:01 pm | Permalink

    Fast Times was actually directed by Amy Heckerling, who also directed Clueless years later.

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