Sinister: God Bless John Hughes

[Madeleine McNeil]

I was awful happy to see CarsmileSteve mention John Hughes and this vision 
of loveliness that is Molly Ringwald. What a truly marvellous woman she is 
(well, was). I spent quite some time in the pub discussing my fave 80s teen 
movies this afternoon, and shocked all my friends with the fact that I had 
to write an essay on The Breakfast Club last year. Yes, a grand a year 
tutition fees and I end up studying a big nostriled, yet oddly attractive 
boy called Bender. What an education I'm getting. I forget what I learned 
about the film, exactly, except that through extensive research I found out 
that Bender's joke doesn't really exist and thus has no ending.

May I also recommend Some Kind of Wonderful, which is my best all time 80's 
film. Starring Eric Stoltz as the boy from the wrong side of the tracks and 
Lea Thompson as the rich bitch (although she isn't really) it's a wonderful 
example of film-making by numbers but it's cracking. And Joy Division are on 
the soundtrack.

I got my tickets for Birmingham today but I'm a bit too sleepy to feel 
excited. It will be nice to go to Brum, though, as I spent the first three 
years of my life there. Very few memories except weeing in places that I 
shouldn't and getting laughed at by my big sister. I hope that doesn't 
happen every time I go to Birmingham....

Love
Madeleine
xxx




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