Friday, September 18, 2009

THE PLACE IS LIKE A MUSEUM. IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL AND VERY COLD AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH ANYTHING: Even with the interest generated by John Hughes' death, my neighbors are still having trouble selling Cameron Frye's house (hopefully they aren't using Ferris' description in the marketing materials), so much so that Landmarks Illinois has listed the home on its Chicagoland Watch List for 2009-10 (among the other interesting sites is Marlon Brando's high school). Be sure to watch the accompanying video about the house, which is historic and worth saving for many more reasons beyond it being the site of Ferrari crashing into a ravine.

And speaking of Hughes, The Chicago Tribune's Christopher Borrelli wrote an interesting look back at Hughes' high school oeuvre and how it ruined his life. Borrelli also provides a sure-to-be controversial list of the 10 best high school movies since Hughes' last (1987's Some Kind of Wonderful), which includes such perennial faves as Dazed and Confused and Mean Girls alongside more obscure choices like Raising Victor Vargas and The Class.

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