Don't you, forget about him...

[Darren Dirt]

...don't don't don't don't...

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/08/07/hughes-remember-tributes.html
http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html

Can't believe the brilliant, emotion-stirring storyteller John Hughes is dead.





What touching words from the former teen-angst-film stars...

Macaulay Culkin: "The world has lost not only a quintessential filmmaker whose influence will be felt for generations, but a great and decent man."

Judd "I was the straight man on Suddenly Susan, remember me?" Nelson: "John's desire for the truth of the spoken word aligned perfectly with his gift for treating young people not as children, but as developing adults."

Bill "Game Over, man. Game Over!" Paxton: "Like Orson Welles, he was a boy wonder, a director's director, a writer's writer, a filmmaker's filmmaker. He was one of the giants."

and Kevin "I am the voice of vulgar geeks" Smith sums it up: "John Hughes, the man who spoke for geeks way before anyone else did."




Thank you, Mr. Hughes, for sharing with the full-of-ourselves 80s generation such a prolific ouvre of funny yet touching stuff... and for never selling out and writing for some lame TV series or something.

[Darren Dirt]

Les Paul has died. In his 90s. A bit older than Mr. Hughes, but still extremely influential...

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/13/colby-cosh-the-man-who-changed-the-guitar-and-us.aspx

[Darren Dirt]

Why did Hughes and his teen-friendly comedies appeal to our generation in a way that subsequent directors did not? We can speculate all day, but I think it was for two reasons...

http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/08/07/rip-john-hughes-1950-2009/

Les Paul has died. In his 90s. A bit older than Mr. Hughes, but still extremely influential...

http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/08/14/les-paul/