tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post5943538615301190315..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: Gone Baby GoneBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-46902515180120564892010-01-14T03:33:58.544-05:002010-01-14T03:33:58.544-05:00Nice blogNice blogAion kinahhttp://www.aion-news.de/aion-kinah/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-65665283897207150232009-08-11T01:08:57.590-04:002009-08-11T01:08:57.590-04:00This kind of gutted me. I expect you may have a si...This kind of gutted me. I expect you may have a similar reaction: http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.htmlAndreihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09133401656609275744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-27402688179459959832009-08-10T04:34:28.097-04:002009-08-10T04:34:28.097-04:00Man, how great was Carpenter at the time? Here'...Man, how great was Carpenter at the time? Here's his 80s filmography: The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, Christine, Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness, They Live. Put aside Christine, and even discounting the latter two B-entertainments, that's quite a pedigree.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178910224548079394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-33105285389806281262009-08-08T20:01:49.368-04:002009-08-08T20:01:49.368-04:00I grew up with John Hughes' screenplays, rathe...I grew up with John Hughes' screenplays, rather than his films proper--the first two <i>Home Alone</i> films, especially. But my high school years were more or less culturally bookended by Columbine and 9/11, and at the time I think I regarded John Hughes' directorial efforts with a sort of ironic detachment at how things had changed in the intervening years: this idea that a boy could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-21281913593029130872009-08-08T13:13:46.100-04:002009-08-08T13:13:46.100-04:00Thanks for writing this.Thanks for writing this.The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-39135606675666267372009-08-08T10:26:01.221-04:002009-08-08T10:26:01.221-04:00In high school I discovered a love for movies thro...In high school I discovered a love for movies through <i>Eraserhead</i> and <i>Blood Simple</i>. I also discovered a hate through <i>The Breakfast Club</i>. John Hughes made many movies I've enjoyed, and on repeat viewings, too, but <b>that</b> one? Fuck. No.<br />I saw I was being sold a bill of goods, that someone was taking the very real pain I was passing through at age 17 and turning it Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13762164283789249806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-52140531129976848572009-08-07T11:28:57.407-04:002009-08-07T11:28:57.407-04:00one where stepped back into the director's cha...<i>one where stepped back into the director's chair, which is really where his true talent lay.</i><br /><br />I just got through writing this same thing over at the blog at my site, Bill. I've never been a fan of <i>Ferris Bueller</i>, but, man, it is insanely well-directed. And I found it amusing that Hughes said he shot it in the widescreen format (the first and last time he ver did ifjacksommersbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-57118216592240008702009-08-07T10:25:18.859-04:002009-08-07T10:25:18.859-04:00I usually can muster up some “que-sera-sera” attit...I usually can muster up some “que-sera-sera” attitude when confronted with the death of people I admire, but I confess to being pretty teary-eyed about Mr. Hughes. That cliched “voice of a generation” moniker is so often misappropriated-but, I think it’s perfectly apt for John Hughes. It’s not just movie geeks quoting Ferris and Cameron today. <br /><br />I think Ebert, when reviewing The Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-24475114637250588452009-08-07T10:02:13.239-04:002009-08-07T10:02:13.239-04:00Saw the obit this morning and felt creeped as I wa...Saw the obit this morning and felt creeped as I watched Plains, Trains & Automobiles earlier this week.There's so much ff -ing brilliance within each scene. Such a simple story about two guys trying to get home for Thanksgiving (or so we think) that its reflection on human nature is pure bliss. He's a pioneer of the very real & kooky character on film life and no doubt had a huge simonsays2https://www.blogger.com/profile/16264103125630335405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-90219332230102243722009-08-06T19:50:19.597-04:002009-08-06T19:50:19.597-04:00This one really hurts. His movies were a constant...This one really hurts. His movies were a constant part of my childhood. I don't think it's hurt this bad since John Candy. It's weird to feel pain over the passing of people you've never met.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594048989734499474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-72708939903335767052009-08-06T18:48:37.065-04:002009-08-06T18:48:37.065-04:00Fuck.
The cold comfort is that Bill is, no shit, ...Fuck.<br /><br />The cold comfort is that Bill is, no shit, the author of perhaps the most insightful - the most *important* - work on Hughes work in print. If the screenplay wasn't in you, I hope to hell that a book-length critical analysis is. The comfort being that I can call Bill a friend at a moment of cultural displacement like this - and pick up the phone to pick his brain.<br /><br Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-16760652413630220782009-08-06T18:38:43.976-04:002009-08-06T18:38:43.976-04:00Damn.
I know we're not supposed to contrast a...Damn.<br /><br />I know we're not supposed to contrast and compare these things, but Hughes' work was a much more integral part of *my* 80s childhood than Michael Jackson's. The derisive use of "Hughesian" as critical shorthand for much lesser films (I actually first remember encountering it circa <i>She's All That</i>) always annoyed me too, and I've been feeling jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.com