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We'll Know When We Get There - Sincerely, John Hughes - http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.html
Alison Byrne Fields blogs about the filmmaker and their two year pen-pal relationship when she was a teenager. |
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Washington Post - Most Likely to Understand - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703506.html
Hank Stuever's remembrance of the director's films about teenagers. Includes related articles, Jen Chaney's Q&A with pen pal Alison Byrne Fields, photographs and forum. |
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Wikipedia - John Hughes (filmmaker) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)
Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the filmmaker. |
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LA Times - John Hughes: The soundtrack to a generation - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/08/john-hughes-the-music.html
"A great teen movie needs a soundtrack. Youth is captured better in song than on film, and behind every brain, athlete, basket case, princess or a criminal is a score. John Hughes knew how to find it." |
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IMDb - John Hughes - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
Profile and filmography as writer, director, producer and actor. |
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John Hughes, 1950-2009 - http://blog.afi.com/main/index.php/2009/08/06/john-hughes-1950-2009/
Podcast of 1985 interview and Q&A with John Hughes, part of the American Film Institute's Harold Lloyd Master Seminar series. [AFI] |
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Newsweek - PopVox: Director John Hughes, Dead at 59 - A Life in YouTube - http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popvox/archive/2009/08/06/director-john-hughes-dead-at-59-a-life-in-youtube.aspx
"In memory of Hughes and in honor of his still highly popular oeuvre, we pay tribute with these YouTube scenes." |
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The New York Times - John Hughes - http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/john_hughes/index.html
Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photographs, multimedia and selected web resources. |
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Remembering John Hughes - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin/remembering-john-hughes_b_254589.html
Alec Baldwin's remembrance of the filmmaker, especially his enthusiasm about his work and his humor. [Huffington Post] |
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YouTube - John Hughes Tribute Award Film 1991 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV2siXfwe1A
A tribute film made at the height of his career. |
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Remembering John Hughes: A Teenager At Heart - http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/traverstake/2009/08/remembering-john-hughes-a-teen.php
Movie critic Peter Travers lights sixteen candles in honor of the director's indelible movie moments. [Rolling Stone] |
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The John Hughes Files - http://www.riverblue.com/hughes/
Fansite with film synopses, biography, multimedia, articles, trivia, fan fiction and links. |
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The Guardian - John Hughes - http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/john-hughes
Collected news articles and photographs. |
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Chicago Tribune - Filmmaker Hughes Dead at 59 - http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-hughes_obit_0807aug07,0,775251.story
Obituary with links to memory book, photographs, video and related stories. |
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Entertainment Weekly - John Hughes: 20 Key Movies - http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20296557,00.html
Image gallery of scenes from twenty of his films. |
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Stars, Collaborators Remember John Hughes - http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20296605,00.html
Actors, colleagues and friends remember the filmmaker. [People magazine] |
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The Early Ferris Bueller: Remembering John Hughes' Years in Advertising - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-nolan/the-early-ferris-bueller_b_256730.html
Robert Nolan, retired Vice Chairman of Creative Services at Leo Burnett, reminisces about the years when the filmmaker worked for him. [Huffington Post ] |
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YouTube - John Hughes 80s Montage *RIP* - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkNIUw0c2s
Clips from his films set to Baba O'Riley's Teenage Wasteland. |
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imeem.com - RIP, John Hughes - http://www.imeem.com/people/BHAaS/playlist/OYeOHGy_/rip-john-hughes-music-playlist/
Tribute playlist of music featured in his films, assembled by Matt Graves. |
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John Hughes: In Memory - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/PEOPLE/908069969
Film critic Roger Ebert remembers the filmmaker and the international popularity of his films. |
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Cinematical - Cinematical Seven: Greatest John Hughes Movie Moments - http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/06/cinematical-seven-greatest-john-hughes-movie-moments/
Peter Martin's favorite movie clips from the director, who "mined his suburban Midwestern teenage territory thoroughly, leaving no awkward, class-conscious, embarrassing, financially slighted, pretty in pink, uncomfortable stone unturned." Includes links to related coverage. |
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Hughes' memorable film moments - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8189311.stm
A look at some of the director's best-loved movies. [BBC News] |
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Entertaiment Weekly - John Hughes Remembered: Stars from 'Bueller,' 'Pretty in Pink,' and More Pay Tribute - http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/08/13/john-hughes-remembered-package/
Friends and colleagues remember the director. |
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Rolling Stone Flashback: A Look Back at the Great John Hughes - http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/07/flashback-a-look-back-at-the-great-john-hughes/
Video clips of some of the best music moments in the teen films of John Hughes. |
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Rotten Tomatoes - Celebrity Profile: John Hughes - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/1007319-john_hughes/
Filmography, photo galleries, and review/rating statistics. |
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John Hughes, writer, director and music fan - http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/08/john_hughes_writer_director_an.html
Music critic Jim DeRogatis writes about the important role of music in the director's teen films, and his 1999 radio interview with him. [Chicago Sun-Times] |
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Mahalo - John Hughes - http://www.mahalo.com/john-hughes
Provides categorized links and related topics along with video, photographs, timeline and trivia. |
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YouTube: The CineFiles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QagoRRt4ZlU
Online talk show episode about the director's films. |
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The Huffington Post - Kevin Smokler: John Hughes: 'The Audacity of Empathy' - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-smokler/john-hughes-the-audacity_b_261699.html
John Hughes captured "an adolescence to be learned from instead of suffered through and forgotten, where parents and their teenagers tried to do right, even though they couldn't always do good, and, in the end, understood that We Are Not Alone." |
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A.V. Club - Last Thoughts on John Hughes - http://www.avclub.com/articles/last-thoughts-on-john-hughes,31509/
Various writers reflect on the director's films and remember what they evoked of their own teenage years. |