Don't You Forget about Me : Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes

by Clarke, Jaime; Sheedy, Ally

• ISBN13: 9781416934448
• ISBN10: 1416934448
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-06
• Publisher: Gallery Books

Summary

No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes.Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off,andSome Kind of Wonderfulare timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation.Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights,don't you forget about mecontains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did).Featuring new writing from:Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa

Author Biography

Jaime Clarke is the author of the novel We're So Famous, published in 2001. He is a cofounder of Post Road, a national literary magazine based out of New York and Boston, and teaches creative writing at Emerson College in Boston.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
John Hughes Goes Deep: The Unexpected Heaviosity of Ferris Bueller's Day Off	p. 5
A Slut or a Prude: The Breakfast Club as Feminist Primer	p. 15
Enchanted Night: The Magic of Sixteen Candles	p. 25
On Weird Science	p. 35
You Look Good Wearing My Future, or the Sexually Ambiguous Best Friend	p. 47
Blowing it My Sixteen Candles	p. 59
Can't Help Falling in Love	p. 67
Pretty in Penury	p. 76
That's Not a Name, That's a Major Appliance: How Andrew McCarthy Ruined My Life	p. 86
Which John Hughes Character Are You?	p. 96
La Vie en Rose: Pretty in Pink	p. 106
Ferris Bueller: An Infatuation, a Life Lesson, and One Harmless Family Adventure	p. 116
Real Men Don't Eat Quiche: The Woes of Ferris Bueller and His North Side Buddies	p. 129
I Dated Molly Ringwald, Sort of	p. 139
The Ghost of Ally Sheedy	p. 149
My Mary	p. 155
The Scream, With Lip Gloss	p. 162
Make a Wish: The First Kiss Lasts Forever	p. 173
In What Way Does The Author's Use of the Prison Symbolize...?: A Deep Ego-Identification with Ferris Bueller	p. 184
How John Hughes Altered My Life	p. 192
Contributors	p. 205
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