John Hughes made movies that mostly centered around
teenagers in the sleepy midwest of the U.S. but within that
formula, he created characters who touched on important
issues and resonated deeply within every viewer. Ferris
Bueller's Day Off (1986) is still a cult classic to this day
and no less socially valid than it was in the mid 80's. The
Breakfast Club (1985) was the first real major screen drama
to look (with any semblance of sociological and psychological
depth) at the lives of modern teenagers and the issues that
they have to deal with.
It's a shame that he was only 59 when he died today.
I realize that Edgar Wright (director of 'Shaun Of The Dead'
and a new Toronto-based feature starring Michael Cera)
talked about this today and that I am a little slow on the
up-take, but hopefully we can all take a moment, in the next
little while, to study one of his masterful films.
My suggestion? 'Pretty In Pink' starring 80's sensations
Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer and Molly Ringwald. It looks
hella cheezy at first but upon another view, there are some
great moments in this film.
