Life Moves Pretty Fast - Fixed

sigh...forgot to embed the montage I talked about...oops.

Life moves pretty fast.
You don't stop and look around once in a while,
you could miss it.
- Ferris Bueller

Hardly an original quote to tag a post about the late, great John Hughes, but why be the only guy to ignore perfection?

I've been wanting to say something about the filmmaker who (tho I didn't realize it at the time) captured, crystalized, and yes, defined the experience of the young American in the 1980's. His stamp on American pop culture generally and particularly on so many of the novelists, filmmakers/writers and actors that I admire, will probably only be understood in 20-30 years.

Maybe the greatest thing about Hughes was that he got out of doing what he needed to for all the right reasons. Something far too few have had the courage to do.

This montage is well worth watching--especially if you read this and have no idea who John Hughes is...you'll keep saying "ooooh, that guy" and you'll suddenly care about his death last week.

And if you've ever doubted the effect one filmmaker, one writer can have on an individual not in the entertainment industry, or if you just want to read a fantastic tribute to the man...you've gotta read Alison Byrne Fields' story of her friend.