Very sad and unexpected news. As a child of the 80s, his films were a big part of my childhood and teen years. Ferris Bueller's Day Off in particular is one of my favorites to this day. Thanks for the memories, John Hughes, and rest in peace. 
RIP John Hughes
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Agreed.
Various YouTube clips from his movies...
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popv...john-hughes-dead-at-59-a-life-in-youtube.aspx
News article about his passing...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_hughes
From the Article:
High praise rarely gets better than that right there. What a wonderful eulogy.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popv...john-hughes-dead-at-59-a-life-in-youtube.aspx
News article about his passing...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_hughes
From the Article:
Ben Stein said:
High praise rarely gets better than that right there. What a wonderful eulogy.
Thanks for that linky (re: Ben Stein), msbae. Good stuff.
RIP, Mr. Hughes...
I saw this on Facebook earlier. I still can't believe this news. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Home Alone are some of my favorite movies.
Rest in peace.
Rest in peace.
Very sad news. 59 is no age to die.
I read that his last film was in 1991 as well, and I was wondering if there was any particular reason why he stopped directing...seems strange, and I don't recall any big career-ruining scandal.
In any case, sad news. He directed some of the best comedies of the 1980's.
He apparently stopped making films because he didn't get the new generation of '90s teens the way he got the '80s teens.
I remember reading something about that.
It's funny, though, because the '90s-'00s teens relate to his '80s teen films just as much. Even though these films were made for Gen X, a lot of Gen Y people 'get' this era quite well. '80s films haven't really gone out of style for Gen Y the way previous eras have, IMO (and I say this as a '50s nut, which basically means the era that the Depression/WWII babies made--the PRE-Boomers). Gen X and Gen Y have a lot of cultural crossover. Gen Z doesn't have the same connection as Gen Yers do to Gen X, though. I've noticed that dramatically. Gen Z are the kids and teens now.
Gen Y actually have the habit of trying to usurp the '80s as theirs, even though they were babies/small kids at the time.
Everyone I know that's in my age group (Gen Y) seems VERY attached to the Gen X media. Most of what Gen Y grew up with was Gen X (probably the advent of home video caused Gen Y to get a ton of the prior generation's media in a way that other generations didn't). John Hughes is a Gen X icon.
I remember reading something about that.
It's funny, though, because the '90s-'00s teens relate to his '80s teen films just as much. Even though these films were made for Gen X, a lot of Gen Y people 'get' this era quite well. '80s films haven't really gone out of style for Gen Y the way previous eras have, IMO (and I say this as a '50s nut, which basically means the era that the Depression/WWII babies made--the PRE-Boomers). Gen X and Gen Y have a lot of cultural crossover. Gen Z doesn't have the same connection as Gen Yers do to Gen X, though. I've noticed that dramatically. Gen Z are the kids and teens now.
Gen Y actually have the habit of trying to usurp the '80s as theirs, even though they were babies/small kids at the time.
Everyone I know that's in my age group (Gen Y) seems VERY attached to the Gen X media. Most of what Gen Y grew up with was Gen X (probably the advent of home video caused Gen Y to get a ton of the prior generation's media in a way that other generations didn't). John Hughes is a Gen X icon.
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He revealed to his Pen Pal, who tells her story in the above link, that he left Hollywood for his children. He did not like the effect the Hollywood culture was having on them. Also the death of his good friend John Candy.
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