Don't You Forget About Me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes

by Jaime Clarke

Jaime Clarke (Editor) and Ally Sheedy (Foreword)

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No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation.

Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives -- an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did).

Featuring new writing from:
Steve Almond * Julianna Baggott * Lisa Borders * Ryan Boudinot * T Cooper * Quinn Dalton * Emily Franklin * Lisa Gabriele * Tod Goldberg * Nina de Gramont * Tara Ison * Allison Lynn * John McNally * Dan Pope * Lewis Robinson * Ben Schrank * Elizabeth Searle * Mary Sullivan * Rebecca Wolff * Moon Unit Zappa
  • ISBN10 1416934448
  • ISBN13 9781416934448
  • Publish Date 6 March 2007
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Gallery
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 224
  • Language English