Karla: I did see that this weekend (from Ken Levine's blog). It was extremely moving. The most interesting part of that post was the reference to Hollywood "killing" John Candy. I relate a lot to Candy's personality. In Roger Ebert's Great Movies review of "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," he wrote this:
"One night a few years after 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' was released, I came upon John Candy (1950-1994) sitting all by himself in a hotel bar in New York, smoking and drinking, and we talked for a while. We were going to be on the same TV show the next day. He was depressed. People loved him, but he didn't seem to know that, or it wasn't enough. He was a sweet guy and nobody had a word to say against him, but he was down on himself. All he wanted to do was make people laugh, but sometimes he tried too hard, and he hated himself for doing that in some of his movies." I have seen "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" exactly once. It was so painful for me to watch that I have yet to see it again, despite owning the movie on DVD. The pain was not in the film, but in the emotional connection to Del (and, indirectly, to Candy). It hit far too close to home for my comfort. I don't think any other film nails Candy's persona like that (maybe "Uncle Buck") Joe On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Karla Robinson<[email protected]> wrote: > > Chiming in late to this thread, as I was on vacation last week... > > Joe, if you haven't read this, you should...it'll confirm what you wrote > below about Hughes really trying to "get" the teenage viewer of his films: > > http://wellknowwhenwegetthere.blogspot.com/2009/08/sincerely-john-hughes.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
