John Hughes
John Hughes, the great filmmaker has honored with a very special tribute in the 82nd Ceremony for Academy Awards. Hughes was known to be for Rat Pack movies of 1980s like Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Pretty in Pink.
The respect was paid on stage by Anthony Michael Hall, Macaulay Culkin, Mathew Broderick, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald. The respect was actually paid by those great actors who were introduced by the great John Hughes. The main contributor for the ceremony was Matthew Broderick and Molly Ringwald.
John Hughes death was pronounced on August 6, 2009 due to a heart attack in Manhattan New York. John left a year ago but his movies are still making him alive in Hollywood industry. Two sons, four grandsons and wife were left behind by John Hughes. He was later dedicated in September 17, 2009 by broadcasting NBC Comedy Community. John was fifty-nine years old and was highly recognized for teenager movies.
Interesing blog. A key to understanding Hughes’ work is knowing the distinction between Generation X and Generation Jones (between the Boomers and Xers). Many of his films were about GenJones characters, and many in the Brat Pack were GenJonesers. This was sometimes confusing, since the same actors sometimes played GenXers (Breakfast Club) and sometimes GenJonesers (St. Elmos’s Fire) within the same year.
Google Generation Jones, and you’ll see it’s gotten lots of media attention, and many top commentators from many top publications and networks (Washington Post, Time magazine, NBC, Newsweek, ABC, etc.) now specifically use this term. In fact, the Associated Press’ annual Trend Report chose the Rise of Generation Jones as the #1 trend of 2009. I found this page helpful because it gives a pretty good overview of recent media interest in GenJones: http://generationjones.com/2009latest.html
It is important to distinguish between the post-WWII demographic boom in births vs. the cultural generations born during that era. Generations are a function of the common formative experiences of its members, not the fertility rates of its parents. And most analysts now see generations as getting shorter (usually 10-15 years now), partly because of the acceleration of culture. Many experts now believe it breaks down more or less this way:
DEMOGRAPHIC boom in babies: 1946-1964
Baby Boom GENERATION: 1942-1953
Generation Jones: 1954-1965
Generation X: 1966-1978