ReFocus : : The Films of John Hughes / / Timothy Shary, Frances Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
• VerfasserIn: Shary, Timothy,; Smith, Frances,
• MitwirkendeR: Brickman, Barbara Jane,; Bulman, Robert C.,; Chard, Holly,; Leppert, Alice,; Nelson, Elissa H,; Oliver-Powell, Melissa,; Petersen, Christina G,; Scahill, Andrew,; Shafer, Leah R.,; Shary, Timothy,; Smith, Frances,; Tropiano, Stephen,; Tzioumakis, Yannis,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: ReFocus: The American Directors Series : RFADS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 26 B/W illustrations

A collection of critical essays about the noted filmmaker John HughesOffers an examination of films from diverse academic perspectivesExplores topics such as his depictions of youth and his assessment of gender, class, and race issuesProvides an evaluation of the filmmaker with attention to cultural and industrial concernsThe films of John Hughes (1950–2009) have enjoyed popular and critical success alike, from his first scripts in the early 1980s through to his celebrated work later in the decade and into the 1990s. While Hughes is best remembered for his stories about teenagers, such as Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985) and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), almost all of his films deal with comical conflicts within everyday American families. He directed eight films and wrote over thirty in a career spanning a quarter of a century, and is fondly remembered for influencing American perceptions of – and appreciation for – the daily lives of (primarily) common citizens.This wide-ranging collection examines the films of John Hughes from diverse angles, considering how he depicted young characters, how he revealed the humour of family life, and how his films subtly critiqued social issues such as class, race, gender, education and domestic relationships.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Film and Television Work by John Hughes -- 1 Introduction: Refocus on John Hughes -- PART I Hughes in the Industry -- Introduction -- 2 John Hughes as Auteur: History, Hagiography, Historiography -- 3 “Becoming John Hughes”: Regional Production, Hyphenate Filmmaking, and Independence within Hollywood -- 4 Ferris Bueller vs. Parker Lewis: “Adapting” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off for Television -- PART II Reconsidering Youth -- Introduction -- 5 “Life moves pretty fast”: Mobility, Power, and Aesthetics in John Hughes’s Teen Films -- 6 “When Cameron was in Egypt’s land”: The Queer Child of Neglect in John Hughes’s Films -- 7 We Need to Talk About Kevin McCallister: John Hughes’s Careless Parents and Abandoned Children -- PART III Family and Fatherhood -- Introduction -- 8 Brand Name Vision: Props in the Films of John Hughes -- 9 Domesticating the Comedian: Comic Performance, Narrative, and the Family in John Hughes’s 1980s Comedian Films -- 10 Fatherhood and the Failures of Paternal Authority in the Films of John Hughes -- PART IV Contested Identities -- Introduction -- 11 Bizarre Love Triangle: Frankensteinian Masculinities in Weird Science -- 12 “You look good wearing my future:” Social Class and Individualism in the 1980s Teen Films of John Hughes -- 13 The Unbearable Whiteness of Being in a John Hughes Movie -- Other Films and Television Shows Cited in this Collection -- Bibliography -- Index