A wise rebellious youth once noted: “Life moves pretty fast.
If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
His films became cultural touchstones for Generation X raised in an era of national optimism .
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Hughes' movies brought verisimilitude to the angst-filled high school experience.
It struck the heart of all teenagers, ones who were more charismatic like Ferris or neurotic like Cameron.
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“These people are trying to kill me,” the actor wryly remarked, referring to younger audiences.
No, it’s not from ‘A Few Good Men’ or ‘The Shining.’
Nicholson, whose breakout role came as a lawyer-turned-cross-country motorist inEasy Rider, is no stranger to countercultural cinema.
