John Hughes: A Statement of Purpose

Going from one John to another, I pick up the directing career of John Hughes, author of a good amount of defining Gen-X popular cinema.

I’m actually not that familiar with the movies, though. The only ones I have any real experience with are Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Weird Science. I’ve never seen Sixteen Candles at all, and I’ve only seen bits of The Breakfast Club on television.

So, he’s been in the back of my mind for a while. He’s kind of important, but his directing career is...