Thursday, August 6, 2009

John Hughes, we won't forget about you.


You will live on in Samantha and Ferris and Allison. And in all of us.

Dorky, but true. As my best friend from high school emailed me this afternoon, "Can you imagine what our teenage years would have been without his movies?" No. In fact, I'm not sure who I'd be today if we hadn't watched The Breakfast Club every weekend from age 14-17.*

Please read this interview John Hughes did with Molly Ringwald for Seventeen in 1986. And of course play this while you do it.

(Photo courtesy of Everett Collection/Rex Features)

*You would be amazed by how slightly I am exaggerating.
Posted by esb at 6:02 PM

12 comments:

  1. FoxyAugust 6, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    I cant imagine growing up without his films. Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and Breakfast Club influenced me so much from my taste in music and clothes to angst in high school...who I am I kidding? High school and beyond!

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  2. liz @ chic on the cheapAugust 6, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    i believe you. because we watched ferris bueller's day off multiple times every weekend in high school.

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  3. YEAH!August 6, 2009 at 10:06 PM

    bummer days. wasn't i just telling you how ducky lip syncing to try a little tenderness is one of my favorite all time moments in film?

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  4. the un-brideAugust 6, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    Seriously. As the chick who wasn't cool enough to even talk to the "outside" peeps in his films -- even I needed him desperately.

    Oh, and try to catch Molly R. on stage sometime if you can. She's devastating.And she lives in France now.

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  5. the un-brideAugust 6, 2009 at 11:40 PM

    ps: @theflashdance seriously ...

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  6. deeAugust 7, 2009 at 5:38 AM

    Couldn't have said it better myself. He will be missed. He defined our childhoods.

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  7. laurenAugust 7, 2009 at 8:51 AM

    my adolescence was almost entirely his fault, and i mean that in the best possible way.

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  8. UnknownAugust 7, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    i still watch this everytime it comes on t.v.

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  9. AmberAugust 7, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    have you seen this? http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html

    amazing.

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  10. east side brideAugust 7, 2009 at 4:38 PM

    amber. thank you.

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  11. Cori Jessy- August and Everything AfterAugust 11, 2009 at 11:19 AM

    One of the best, I need to go watch it again! Movie night tonight, no one has a choice.

    Gosh he was good.

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  12. JoslynAugust 31, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    yes. i have to say i may have grown into a different adult without his movies in my teen years.

    love JH.
    sigh.

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