In this edition of Canon Of Film, we look at John Hughes‘ seminal 80’s classic, The Breakfast Club. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director/Screenplay: John Hughes
A brain, an athlete, a princess, a basketcase and a criminal.
I’ve been thinking a lot about high school lately. I had a reunion a few years back; I didn’t attend it ’cause it was too expensive and formal, but true to form for my class anyway, a few people had similar thoughts and chose to rebel and hold a more impromptu one elsewhere, and out-of-character for me, I attended. So, if some will bare with me a second…. To those who were trying to get me to say it the entire time, yes, I had fun. I’m sorry for seeming so ambivalent before about it, but I find...
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director/Screenplay: John Hughes
A brain, an athlete, a princess, a basketcase and a criminal.
I’ve been thinking a lot about high school lately. I had a reunion a few years back; I didn’t attend it ’cause it was too expensive and formal, but true to form for my class anyway, a few people had similar thoughts and chose to rebel and hold a more impromptu one elsewhere, and out-of-character for me, I attended. So, if some will bare with me a second…. To those who were trying to get me to say it the entire time, yes, I had fun. I’m sorry for seeming so ambivalent before about it, but I find...
- 3/16/2018
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
A Tibetan advocacy group recently held the world's first video press conference via Google+ Hangouts. While the goal might have been to get attention from techies and journalists, it also gave us a glimpse into the future of video conferencing.
A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+-powered video press conference this past Friday. The London-based International Tibet Network used Google Plus/Google+ (has the branding truly been figured out yet?) for a coordinated event featuring speakers in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, held via Google+ Hangouts. Select journalists were allowed to join the press conference online and video was quickly rebroadcast via both Twitter and YouTube.
Although the nominal subject of the press conference was the People's Republic of China's decision to seal the borders of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, the video press conference seems to have been held primarily...
A Tibetan advocacy group held what appeared to be the world's first Google+-powered video press conference this past Friday. The London-based International Tibet Network used Google Plus/Google+ (has the branding truly been figured out yet?) for a coordinated event featuring speakers in India, the United States, and the United Kingdom, held via Google+ Hangouts. Select journalists were allowed to join the press conference online and video was quickly rebroadcast via both Twitter and YouTube.
Although the nominal subject of the press conference was the People's Republic of China's decision to seal the borders of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, the video press conference seems to have been held primarily...
- 7/18/2011
- by Neal Ungerleider
- Fast Company
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