John Hughes

Signature meta takes

Readings that recur across the films — what makes a film unmistakably theirs.

• Auteur Theory — in 2 of 3
  Ferris Bueller's Day Off · Sixteen Candles
• The Male Gaze — in 2 of 3
  The Breakfast Club · Sixteen Candles

Filmography

• Sixteen Candles (1984) — 4 meta takes
• The Breakfast Club (1985) — 4 meta takes
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) — 5 meta takes