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|  | The Brat Pack and John Hughes
« Thread Started on Feb 23, 2006, 7:44am » | |
I would really apreciate it if you could fill out this questionnaire - it is part of my research for Film Studies.
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1. Are you male or female?
2. Were you a teenager before, during or after the Brat Pack era?
3. What are the main themes in Sixteen Candles?
4. How do you feel about the stereotypes used in Sixteen Candles (geeks, dumb blondes, foreign exchange students, etc)?
5. What are the main themes in The Breakfast Club?
6. How do you feel about the makeover scene in The Breakfast Club?
7. What are the main themes in Pretty In Pink?
8. How do you feel about the ending of Pretty In Pink? Would you prefer Andie to end up with Duckie? Why?
9. What are the main themes in St Elmo's Fire?
10. Do you think St Elmo's Fire is in any way different to the previously mentioned John Hughes films?
11. Are the protagonists in the above films easy for you to identify with?
12. Are these films relevant to the lives of today's teenagers?
13. What was it about the Brat Pack members that attracted the audience?
14. Do you consider John Hughes to be an auteur? If yes, how would you describe his signature?
15. Do you consider the Brat Pack as a group to be auteurs? If yes, how would you describe their signature?
16. Was the distinctive signature of the Brat Pack movies of the mid-80s due to the guiding influence of director John Hughes or were the leading actors primarily responsible for their impact?
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| | Re: The Brat Pack and John Hughes
« Reply #1 on Feb 24, 2006, 3:14pm » | |
1. Are you male or female?
Female.
2. Were you a teenager before, during or after the Brat Pack era?
I wasn't even born! I'm a teenager now, though...
3. What are the main themes in Sixteen Candles?
Um... I guess the overall theme is that high school can really suck, but you should be able to laugh at it.
4. How do you feel about the stereotypes used in Sixteen Candles (geeks, dumb blondes, foreign exchange students, etc)?
Well, Long Duck Dong and all that stuff isn't PC now, but it's not like John Hughes was making the movie to be racist or anything. I think he just didn't know any better.
5. What are the main themes in The Breakfast Club?
High school sucks. Also, everybody has the same issues and you are not alone. (Find out when your cover's blown, there'll be somebody there to break your fall! We are not alone... cuz when you cut down to the bone, we're really not so different after all!... sorry...)
6. How do you feel about the makeover scene in The Breakfast Club?
I actually like it. A lot of people have told me that it's stupid because the makeover makes Allison "acceptable" but it really doesn't. I mean, they were all her friends before, and Andy liked her before. He keeps looking at her throughout the movie (and I'm speaking as somebody who sees it about every week and a half, so I think I'm right.  ) I read somewhere that originally she was supposed to have no makeup, and the makeover would involve her getting makeup put on, but Ally Sheedy asked for them to change it. I think that if they had kept it that way, I wouldn't have liked it as much.
7. What are the main themes in Pretty In Pink?
I don't remember. I kind of saw it a long time ago.
8. How do you feel about the ending of Pretty In Pink?
Would you prefer Andie to end up with Duckie? Why?
(see above)
9. What are the main themes in St Elmo's Fire?
I'm not sure...
10. Do you think St Elmo's Fire is in any way different to the previously mentioned John Hughes films?
Well, for starters, it's not a John Hughes film. 
11. Are the protagonists in the above films easy for you to identify with?
Yes, especailly Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. But I remember liking Pretty in Pink because it reminded me of when I dated a guy who was a lot richer than me...
12. Are these films relevant to the lives of today's teenagers?
Well, I'm a fifteen-year-old, and I think they're relevant.
13. What was it about the Brat Pack members that attracted the audience?
I wasn't around in the eighties, so I wouldn't know.
14. Do you consider John Hughes to be an auteur? If yes, how would you describe his signature?
Um, a lot of his other movies were very different. I think that the teen ones (Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, etc...) all don't portray high school in a really positive light, but other movies that do that, like Heathers, they show how you can be positive in it, anyway... did that make sense?
15. Do you consider the Brat Pack as a group to be auteurs? If yes, how would you describe their signature?
Um, no.
16. Was the distinctive signature of the Brat Pack movies of the mid-80s due to the guiding influence of director John Hughes or were the leading actors primarily responsible for their impact?
Maybe.... both?
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