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Thursday, August 6, 2009

John Hughes...

Posted by on Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:13 PM

...is dead.

From TMZ:

John Hughes has died of a heart attack.

Hughes suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to NYC to visit family.

He was 59.

This biggest tragedy is that we will never get to see Jaws 3, People 0.

 

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Soupytwist 1
I'm going to go home and watch MR. MOM and SIXTEEN CANDLES.
Posted by Soupytwist http://twitter.com/katherinesmith on August 6, 2009 at 2:20 PM
levide 2
Rich, white, entitled, preppie teen pricks everywhere hang their collective head. The inevitable "voice of a generation" pieces we can expect are gonna be truly nauseating.
Posted by levide on August 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM
danhowes 3

Damnit. Now it will be even harder for me to justify my dislike of The Breakfast Club.

Posted by danhowes http://www.danhowesfilm.com/ on August 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM
4
Preppie? The best part about his films were that losers and outcasts were always central characters. Maybe the most underrated comedic genius of all-time.
Posted by Holy Roller on August 6, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 5
He may or may not have been a decent human being; I didn't know him personally. I do know that his movies made me want to vomit.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on August 6, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Sam Machkovech 6
CLOSE YOUR TAGS. A man is dead here.

RIP
Posted by Sam Machkovech http://www.samred.com on August 6, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Dougsf 7
I gotta agree with #2. Despite really liking The Breakfast Club in 5th grade, the message in his films to young people was generally "stop being so different, grow up." That, and "aren't Asians fun to laugh at?"
Posted by Dougsf on August 6, 2009 at 2:46 PM
vooodooo84 8
I originally read the post as John Holmes.. hmm i thought hadn't long dong silver been dead for ages?
Posted by vooodooo84 on August 6, 2009 at 2:52 PM
9
how's that?
Posted by Levislade http://ballofwax.org on August 6, 2009 at 2:54 PM
thelyamhound 10
#2 isn't wrong, but neither is #4. Hughes built his stories on types in which a lot of kids could see themselves. Not a great strategy for making great art, but a great strategy for building enduring nostalgia. Maybe The Breakfast Club doesn't hold up, but few films made for teenagers do.

And I'm not sure that "stop being so different" was really the message, though I grant that maybe my difference was so stubborn that it wouldn't allow me to take that message home. I got more a sense that the message was that you need to insist that your difference be allowed a place at the table, that the different needed to pull themselves up by their social bootstraps to carve out a proper niche.
Posted by thelyamhound http://thebayinghound.blogspot.com on August 6, 2009 at 3:33 PM
11
DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME!
Posted by John Hughes on August 6, 2009 at 4:31 PM
McGee 12
John Holmes and Long Dong Silver aren't the same person.
Posted by McGee on August 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Confluence 13
Aw, shit. That's too bad. Great movies. Ferris Bueller will always be my hero. And goddamn was he dreamy. That film is timeless.
Posted by Confluence on August 6, 2009 at 4:39 PM
14
I lost my virginity the day I saw The Breakfast Club. Ahhhh the memories of that couch in San Francisco...
Posted by Jenerate http://jenniferltowner.com on August 6, 2009 at 4:46 PM
15
What a shitty trailer for a great film. RIP, Mr Hughes.
Posted by Terry Nguyen on August 6, 2009 at 6:16 PM
16

Buck Melanoma, Moley Russell's Wart.
Posted by Hughes and Candy on August 6, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Posted by Explorer on August 7, 2009 at 1:32 AM

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