Comments on: ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ – John Hughes, remembered

By: Douglas

Douglas — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:44:13 +0000

I was gonna say something like that boss, I saw an interview with Molly Ringwald forever ago (I wanna say about the time slingblade came out) and as always she got asked about the hughes films, and she was nothing but grateful. None of the usual “That role ruined my career,” crap, just grateful because she knows that she will always be one of the chicks that every boy remembers from a movie, and fell in love with.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:18:41 +0000

It’s easy to slam actors as being less than intelligent, especially given some of their political pronouncements (not that they’re uniformly liberal, but too often poorly thought or downright mean with their commentary). But the actors here are thoughtful, sharp and share a real love for Hughes and his work.

By: Gory

Gory — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:36:32 +0000

I can’t wait to see it!! Thank you so much for posting when it’s on.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:15:23 +0000

Thanks for the tip! That sounds like a great documentary. I am a huge Breakfast Club fan.

By: Joe Tetreault

Joe Tetreault — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:47:47 +0000

As I recall, I think Siskel was in general less than enthusiastic about Hughes’ work, which stands up so well in retrospect. I cannot recall if it was he or Ebert or both who panned Christmas Vacation, but Nolte’s column yesterday reminded me of that particular display of critical cluelessness. Thanks for the pointer. I’ll be setting my DVR.