i somehow made it through young adulthood without seeing this, despite my affection for Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller, both of which it lives up to in small ways; Hughes really did seem to have a feel for contemporary teendom, and all the deeply human moments scattered through the film keep it perfectly fresh a full generation later. (it's a shame that Hughes' films have no obvious no post-millenial analogues, though Superbad, i suppose, comes close.) interesting, on reflection: all three of the films take place over the course of a single day (the full 24+ hours, in Candles' case, but still), which is both bold and smart, and may be the key to such strong evocation of the teenage mind: every moment means so much.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
john hughes' SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984)
i somehow made it through young adulthood without seeing this, despite my affection for Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller, both of which it lives up to in small ways; Hughes really did seem to have a feel for contemporary teendom, and all the deeply human moments scattered through the film keep it perfectly fresh a full generation later. (it's a shame that Hughes' films have no obvious no post-millenial analogues, though Superbad, i suppose, comes close.) interesting, on reflection: all three of the films take place over the course of a single day (the full 24+ hours, in Candles' case, but still), which is both bold and smart, and may be the key to such strong evocation of the teenage mind: every moment means so much.
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