There's also the little matter that their falling out was caused by Molly Ringwald saying that Hughes had "gone Hollywood" between Sixteen Candles and Pretty In Pink because he showed up dressed like Don Johnson. The irony is that Hughes would later leave Hollywood because of the fear of this happening to his family. So no one pisses you off as much as someone who was right.
Are actors and directors really best friends during and post shoot? I would have a hard time writing a eulogy for a boss from 20 years ago. Molly and Anthony were just kids at the time so they were in their own little teen bubbles.
@Queen of the Passive Aggressives:
It depends on the job.
Tomorrow night I'm going to a ten year reunion for a play I did in high school. Just a simple school play from a decade ago, but something really clicked, and it's a happy memory for me. I've been getting oddly sentimental thinking about it.
Turns out the director is putting on the very same play this year with a new group of kids, to mark the occasion. So I guess it made an impression on him too.
A whole lot of guessing here per Molly Ringwald's op ed but... Perhaps John Hughes wanted his imaginary film world i.e. righting the wrongs of his own teenage life to go on indefinitely? Or at least taking the characters to the point where they met their own wives/husbands, (and had kids of his own). I'm wondering if that's why he held such a grudge against Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall for refusing his other pictures. Maybe they just left the party before he was cinematically done.
I always loved Molly Ringwald, growing up. But there is something so insincere sounding about this op-ed. I don't mean that in any way other than it seems to centered around herself. I don't know. Maybe they're supposed to be like that.
@moosesanddeers: I don't know, I was with it up until that last bit, but I tend to agree. It was all a bit like Brooke Shields at Michael Jackson's funeral, eulogizing someone she didn't know for the last twenty years, comparing him to fictional characters. The ending was weak, but I appreciate the bit about him holding a grudge, and the acknowledgment even from someone whose career was indebted to him that his post-Ringwald films weren't nearly as affecting.
@moosesanddeers: I see your point. I went through this thing three times looking for something that was really revealing or insightful about Hughes. All she's saying is, he was nice to her when she was in his movies. The End.
@moosesanddeers: that was maybe the shmaltziest piece I've ever read in the Times.
"Turns out, you can return to Neverland. At least for a little while." Sounds like something a 16-year-old would write for her personal narrative paper in junior English.
@Leah Marie: It reminded me of a high school junior's english paper when she started it with, IN life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become. Ugh.
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It depends on the job.
Tomorrow night I'm going to a ten year reunion for a play I did in high school. Just a simple school play from a decade ago, but something really clicked, and it's a happy memory for me. I've been getting oddly sentimental thinking about it.
Turns out the director is putting on the very same play this year with a new group of kids, to mark the occasion. So I guess it made an impression on him too.
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"Turns out, you can return to Neverland. At least for a little while." Sounds like something a 16-year-old would write for her personal narrative paper in junior English.
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