Comments on: John Hugheses I Have Known http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/ Tue, 22 May 2012 13:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: StanleyRummhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2840 StanleyRumm Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:01:53 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2840 "but I like to think that my regular abandonment of study periods in favour of going for a walk was at least an echo of Matthew Broderick’s archetypal centre of attention"<br><br>HA HA! :)<br><br>John Hughes I never knew ya. I'm sure you were a lovely fella. I liked a lot of your movies. Ferris Bueller and Planes, Trains especially live on. “but I like to think that my regular abandonment of study periods in favour of going for a walk was at least an echo of Matthew Broderick’s archetypal centre of attention”

HA HA! :)

John Hughes I never knew ya. I'm sure you were a lovely fella. I liked a lot of your movies. Ferris Bueller and Planes, Trains especially live on.

]]> By: StanleyRummhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2839 StanleyRumm Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:01:53 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2839 "but I like to think that my regular abandonment of study periods in favour of going for a walk was at least an echo of Matthew Broderick’s archetypal centre of attention"<br><br>HA HA! :)<br><br>John Hughes I never knew ya. I'm sure you were a lovely fella. I liked a lot of your movies. Ferris Bueller and Planes, Trains especially live on. “but I like to think that my regular abandonment of study periods in favour of going for a walk was at least an echo of Matthew Broderick’s archetypal centre of attention”

HA HA! :)

John Hughes I never knew ya. I'm sure you were a lovely fella. I liked a lot of your movies. Ferris Bueller and Planes, Trains especially live on.

]]> By: Tomhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2838 Tom Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2838 I must be just that little bit older than you, Gareth, because I clearly remember the day I saw Ferris Bueller at the cinema. It had a 15 cert, but I think I was younger. It made such an impression on my friend and I that we walked home in the sunshine repeating all our favourite lines.<br><br>Perhaps I'm too old now to judge, but I don't think that the movies made for teens now hold a candle to Hughes' films. So sad he's gone. I must be just that little bit older than you, Gareth, because I clearly remember the day I saw Ferris Bueller at the cinema. It had a 15 cert, but I think I was younger. It made such an impression on my friend and I that we walked home in the sunshine repeating all our favourite lines.

Perhaps I'm too old now to judge, but I don't think that the movies made for teens now hold a candle to Hughes' films. So sad he's gone.

]]> By: Philhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2837 Phil Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:05:46 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2837 It is believed that many of Hughes' 'nerdy' characters were based on him and culled from his own life.<br><br>I was also reading recently about talk of a "Breakfast Club 2" from long ago, and Hughes saying he didn't see the point, saying "There isn't anything in their lives after high school relevant to that day." It is believed that many of Hughes' 'nerdy' characters were based on him and culled from his own life.

I was also reading recently about talk of a “Breakfast Club 2″ from long ago, and Hughes saying he didn't see the point, saying “There isn't anything in their lives after high school relevant to that day.”

]]> By: GarethHigginshttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2836 GarethHiggins Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:42:29 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2836 Good point - thanks. But it was so spectacular it felt like Manhattan. ;-) Good point – thanks. But it was so spectacular it felt like Manhattan. ;-)

]]> By: bookscouthttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/john-hughes-gone-at-59/#comment-2835 bookscout Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:30:22 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=3035#comment-2835 Chicago Gareth - Ferris Bueller's Day Off was set in Chicago. I liked Cameron also. Chicago Gareth – Ferris Bueller's Day Off was set in Chicago. I liked Cameron also.

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