Refocus: the Films of John Hughes

John Hughes' films, spanning decades, have achieved popular and critical success, focusing on comical conflicts within American families. He directed eight films and wrote over thirty, influencing perceptions of everyday life and critiquing social issues subtly. This collection explores his work in depth.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2021
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

The films of John Hughes (19502009) 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.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474449021