I’m curious about something from KiTR 6: In the part after the “cut”, Lily talks about 80s movies, and then describes the grand gesture with a boombox overhead — which is from Cameron Crowe’s Say Anything. In response, James says, “John Hughes was a rad dude.” Is James mistakenly thinking that scene was from a John Hughes movie? Or is he merely responding more generally to Lily’s comments about 80s movies? Or is something else going on? Thanks!
Re: James’ dialogue in 106 of Kissing in the Rain, I wrote in the John Hughes reference because as far as 80s movie directors, I think he’s more associated with them than Cameron Crowe. So in my mind, James is mostly just responding to Lily’s general comment about 80s movies.
Though I should take this opportunity to give Cameron Crowe a shout out, who I also love (possibly more than John Hughes actually, for reasons related to certain racist-ass portrayals of Asians in Sixteen Candles, though I still love a lot of his other work). Cameron Crowe directed one of my all-time favorite movies, Almost Famous, and you have just reminded me that I should rewatch that for the twentieth time. Say Anything is also great, though.
And as long as we’re talking about 80s movies with John Cusack, I’m going to throw out a rec for The Sure Thing (1985, dir. Rob Reiner), which stars a young John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga, as two classmates who have a bicker-banter relationship as they travel cross country to meet their ideal mates. They did the using-English-class-assignments-to-reveal-true-feelings thing way before 10 Things I Hate About You, and it was great. It doesn’t get nearly as much love as the John Hughes teen dream library or even Cameron Crowe’s movies, but I still love it much.
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