August 13th, 2009 / 12:49 pm
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Molly Ringwald NYT Op-Ed: Remembering John Hughes

080317-the-breakfast-club-vmed-1pwidecjpgMy friend, Jacob, at a bar tonight in Hong Kong (I’m back stateside this Sunday, if anyone’s keeping track) told me I had to go look this up. I’m drunk now, and my belly is full of spicy lamb kebab, but I did it anyway, and I’ve got to say, it’s a pretty beautiful, heartfelt, honest remembrance. If you’re only going to read one John Hughes memorial, make it this one.

John saw something in me that I didn’t even see in myself. He had complete confidence in me as an actor, which was an extraordinary and heady sensation for anyone, let alone a 16-year-old girl. I did some of my best work with him. How could I not? He continually told me that I was the best, and because of my undying respect for him and his judgment, how could I have not believed him?

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8 Comments

  1. August 13th, 2009 / 5:30 pm david erlewine—

      Very cool. I grew up on Sixteen Candles and Breakfast Club. Like this thread.

  2. August 13th, 2009 / 1:30 pm david erlewine—

      Very cool. I grew up on Sixteen Candles and Breakfast Club. Like this thread.

  3. August 13th, 2009 / 6:36 pm GM—

      She’s pretty smart. Interesting about how Hughes, in essence, banished her and the others eventually after they wanted to try other stuff — and her comments, too, on his later, much more forgettable work (is there even dialogue in Home Alone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+?).

      I heard he wrote under a pseudonym, too. Anyone know it?

      Thanks for the link.

  4. August 13th, 2009 / 2:36 pm GM—

      She’s pretty smart. Interesting about how Hughes, in essence, banished her and the others eventually after they wanted to try other stuff — and her comments, too, on his later, much more forgettable work (is there even dialogue in Home Alone 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+?).

      I heard he wrote under a pseudonym, too. Anyone know it?

      Thanks for the link.

  5. August 14th, 2009 / 12:30 am Justin Taylor—

      I don’t know it, but I know that the last film he worked on was (sigh) Drillbit Taylor. This is mentioned in passing in an n+1 piece I’m going to link to later.

  6. August 13th, 2009 / 8:30 pm Justin Taylor—

      I don’t know it, but I know that the last film he worked on was (sigh) Drillbit Taylor. This is mentioned in passing in an n+1 piece I’m going to link to later.

  7. August 14th, 2009 / 12:54 am jereme—

      the pseudonym was Edmond Dantes/Edmond Dantès

  8. August 13th, 2009 / 8:54 pm jereme—

      the pseudonym was Edmond Dantes/Edmond Dantès