JOHN HUGHES AND EIGHTIES CINEMA

JOHN HUGHES AND EIGHTIES CINEMA John Hughes is the acclaimed writer and director of Ferris Buellers Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink and many other classic movies of the 1980s. This book is the first full-length analysis of all of John Hughess films throughout the 1980s, not only the features that he directed, but also those for which he provided the screenplay. By analysing these pictures and discussing their social and cultural significance in the wider context of the decade, Hughess importance as a filmmaker will be considered, and his prominent contribution to cinema assessed. The book concludes with a detailed analysis of Ferris Buellers Day Off, a film which is considered to be among Hughess most critically successful works and also one of his most structurally refined. REVIEW ON AMAZON If like me, you were fortunate enough to live through and grow up during the 80s and early 90s, youll remember just how rich comedy was back then. This book on its own puts most comedies of the modern era to shame as it is a homage to one of the most talented minds in the game. I am of course speaking of none other than the late great John Hughes. This is a great book for getting into the details of how a master of his art came about and created such cinematic gems. Hughes will be sorely missed which is why books like this keep his spirit and work alive! Id say this book is for people who are nostalgic 20-somethings or cinema buffs, but all-round a good book for just about anyone who would like to know what made one of the funniest minds of Hollywood tick. EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION Today John Hughes is just as well known for the scripts he created for hugely popular family films throughout the 1990s, including Chris Columbuss blockbuster Home Alone (1990), Brian Levants Beethoven (1992) and Nick Castles Dennis the Menace (1993), written under his pen-name of Edmond Dantès. But even