*shock*

[serai]

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R.I.P. John Hughes

This Woman's Work - Kate Bush

From She's Having a Baby

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

From The Breakfast Club

Twist and Shout - The Beatles

From Ferris Bueller's Day Off


Oh. My. God. I can't tell you what a shock this is. John Hughes's movies were such a landmark in my life. They came along in my twenties, so they were not the enormous influence that they were for the teens during their heyday - the 80's and early 90's - but I still loved the films. The Breakfast Club in particular, as I identified with Allison, the little proto-goth played by Ally Sheedy.

Dropped dead of a heart attack while jogging. What a way to fucking go.


THANK YOU, man. Nobody captured the weird combination of misery and delight that equals youth the way you did. You brought me a lot of joy and gave me some insight as well.

*sad sigh*

Comments

[elanorgardner.livejournal.com]

Amen, sista.

[oxer12.livejournal.com]

Goddamn, that sucks. :-(

I must have seen "Breakfast Club" 100 times. I was the prime demo for those movies, and they really influenced my outlook on a lot of things. I remember wishing I was Molly Ringwald so I could go out with bad boy Judd Nelson.

[elderberrywine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that just ain't right. ;P

They always hit me as a farewell to an era, much like The Big Chill, a generation earlier. The '80's. Weird times.

[magpie-2.livejournal.com]

*nods* me too, the songs are running through my head now ;)