It is a story told from the perspective of a teenager. Imagine if you yold your high school friends about your day off. It is a combination of a kids interpretation of the events embellished in part intentionally ad in part from the mind of a Childs perspective of a world centered on him. When you see if from that the over the top parts fall into place and you really apppriecate it. Of course I was a kid when I saw it and it was great!
As a Jeanie type myself, I can tell you that the thing people miss is that she was smart enough at the end to save Ferris's butt because next year when he's graduated, she can now skip all she wants because she has leverage over Rooney knowing that he broke into her house. Apparently, making out with Charlie Sheen honed her inner badass.
This is one of my teenage favorites. Ferris' goal was to have the best ditch day ever. He did stuff we wish we could. Everything was over the top. RIP car.
The boring-voiced actor is Ben Stein. He was a speech writer for President Nixon. He also had his own successful Comedy Central gameshow Win Ben Stein’s Money. And, when I was looking to buy a house in los angeles, I got shown his house. I didn’t like it. A year later I met him in the video store I worked in and talked about his old house. It was pink stucco. I met the actor that played Cameron at a friend’s party about 8 years ago.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Fun Fact: To produce the desired drugged-out effect for his role as the drug addict in the police station, Charlie Sheen stayed awake for more than forty-eight hours before the scene was shot. Automobile Enthusiast Fact: Cameron's father's Ferrari wasn't a real Ferrari. Because it was too expensive to rent one, three replicas were made, using an MG chassis, each with a fiberglass body. The producers received several angry letters from car enthusiasts who thought the car shown was a real Ferrari that was actually wrecked. Mysterious Bus Fact: The bus scene that plays during the ending credits was a scene cut from the movie. It was meant to take place after Jeanie announced that she called the police, and Rooney had to find a place to hide. This explains why the sky isn't dark, and why a bus is taking students home at 18 : 00 (6 : 00 PM) local time. An explanation that this could be a returning field trip is thrown about, but there's no evidence that this is the case. Either way, I like to think the scene happened at the end of the day as presented as the final humiliation of Ed Rooney.
Cameron is not sick, he is depressed. Ferris helps him by pushing him out of self-isolation and getting him to take risks (like young people should.) Ferris is not an asshole, he is breaking out of school/prison with style and not hurting anybody. (In the 1980s all the teen movies were sex and drugs partying. Here, the teenagers cut school in order to eat at a nice restaurant, see a baseball game and go to a museum. They are actually demonstrating maturity and how they do not need parents and teachers.)
First off, you need to understand that Cameron is a hypochondriac. This was before teenage neurosis became well known and understood. Ferris does a great job of describing Cameron's situation, exceedingly strict and sterile. Super common now, but almost unheard of in the 80s. Second, in the original script Ferris was much more of an a$$hole. John Hughes had so much fun making principle Rooney an unbearable overconfident narcissist that he felt he needed a bigger jerk to successfully spin the conflict between the two. Thankfully, a few test screenings convinced him to lighten up and pull a few of the darker scenes.
I always figured in the art scene that the painting represents Cameron himself. From far away he looks ok, but up close and personal, he's a big old mess. A full on Monét.😆💯 #Clueless #CherHorowitz❤️
its such a classic. you gotta remember this is the 80s, computer synthesizers hacking was barely a thing then and other movies have things that are cliche because they got it from this movie
Love this movie one of my all time favorites. There is a theory that Ferris is just a figment of Cameron’s psyche. And that he did everything. Him wrecking the car was the breaking point. He finally got out of the pit he was in.
You misjudge Ferris. He spoke the whole time about his motives concerning Cameron. He sincerely was trying to help him. It wasn't just ditching school. Ferris is a pure anti-hero. He hijacked the parade expressly on Cameron's behalf. He helped Cameron, though in the end the car thing was unanticipated.
The movie is *very* of its time. Ages well if you remember what message that generation was rebelling against and the form that new rebellion would take.
I loved this film growing up, but I was always team Cameron. Ferris is a borderline sociopath, honestly. The principal is insane and obsessed. Jeanie needs to mind her own biz. The only person in this film who is really above reproach is Grace. I’d chill by the pool with some wine and Grace.
This is the one movie I ... just don't get. I do not get the "humor". I find it obnoxious, annoying, badly written, terribly directed and just in general an awful movie. Hell, it's even cheap subpar audioengineering. No, having awful audio on purpose is NOT charming. It's ANNOYING.
It is a story told from the perspective of a teenager. Imagine if you yold your high school friends about your day off. It is a combination of a kids interpretation of the events embellished in part intentionally ad in part from the mind of a Childs perspective of a world centered on him. When you see if from that the over the top parts fall into place and you really apppriecate it. Of course I was a kid when I saw it and it was great!
Roony is the giveaway - he was what the kid imagines the principle is, not who he actually is.
As a Jeanie type myself, I can tell you that the thing people miss is that she was smart enough at the end to save Ferris's butt because next year when he's graduated, she can now skip all she wants because she has leverage over Rooney knowing that he broke into her house. Apparently, making out with Charlie Sheen honed her inner badass.
This is one of my teenage favorites. Ferris' goal was to have the best ditch day ever. He did stuff we wish we could.
Everything was over the top.
RIP car.
The boring-voiced actor is Ben Stein. He was a speech writer for President Nixon. He also had his own successful Comedy Central gameshow Win Ben Stein’s Money.
And, when I was looking to buy a house in los angeles, I got shown his house. I didn’t like it. A year later I met him in the video store I worked in and talked about his old house. It was pink stucco.
I met the actor that played Cameron at a friend’s party about 8 years ago.
Oh yeah, and I met the parking lot valet guy that took the car at the library in downtown LA about three years ago.
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Fun Fact: To produce the desired drugged-out effect for his role as the drug addict in the police station, Charlie Sheen stayed awake for more than forty-eight hours before the scene was shot.
Automobile Enthusiast Fact: Cameron's father's Ferrari wasn't a real Ferrari. Because it was too expensive to rent one, three replicas were made, using an MG chassis, each with a fiberglass body. The producers received several angry letters from car enthusiasts who thought the car shown was a real Ferrari that was actually wrecked.
Mysterious Bus Fact: The bus scene that plays during the ending credits was a scene cut from the movie. It was meant to take place after Jeanie announced that she called the police, and Rooney had to find a place to hide. This explains why the sky isn't dark, and why a bus is taking students home at 18 : 00 (6 : 00 PM) local time. An explanation that this could be a returning field trip is thrown about, but there's no evidence that this is the case. Either way, I like to think the scene happened at the end of the day as presented as the final humiliation of Ed Rooney.
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Cameron is not sick, he is depressed. Ferris helps him by pushing him out of self-isolation and getting him to take risks (like young people should.) Ferris is not an asshole, he is breaking out of school/prison with style and not hurting anybody. (In the 1980s all the teen movies were sex and drugs partying. Here, the teenagers cut school in order to eat at a nice restaurant, see a baseball game and go to a museum. They are actually demonstrating maturity and how they do not need parents and teachers.)
First off, you need to understand that Cameron is a hypochondriac. This was before teenage neurosis became well known and understood. Ferris does a great job of describing Cameron's situation, exceedingly strict and sterile. Super common now, but almost unheard of in the 80s.
Second, in the original script Ferris was much more of an a$$hole. John Hughes had so much fun making principle Rooney an unbearable overconfident narcissist that he felt he needed a bigger jerk to successfully spin the conflict between the two. Thankfully, a few test screenings convinced him to lighten up and pull a few of the darker scenes.
16:55 John Hughes wrote, co-produced and directed this film. He also wrote and produced Home Alone.
There's a Ska punk band called Save Ferris because of this movie.
Cool, you're the first reactor in this film to address the biological possibility of the diamond thing...... very, very cool🤣
I always figured in the art scene that the painting represents Cameron himself. From far away he looks ok, but up close and personal, he's a big old mess. A full on Monét.😆💯
#Clueless
#CherHorowitz❤️
28:32 - the dog was even more pissed off because he hit the dog on the head with the flower pot to knock it out.
24:00 kinda really surprised that GIF of Mugatu from Zoolander wasn't edited in
Ultimate classic that will live on!!
The song in the art museum is an instrumental of the song "Please Please Give Me What I Want" by The Dream Academy
its such a classic.
you gotta remember this is the 80s, computer synthesizers hacking was barely a thing then and other movies have things that are cliche because they got it from this movie
Love this movie one of my all time favorites.
There is a theory that Ferris is just a figment of Cameron’s psyche. And that he did everything. Him wrecking the car was the breaking point. He finally got out of the pit he was in.
Cameron is the older brother in Succession, Connor Roy! Ughh still waiting for you to continue reacting to Succession
GRACE!!!!
Ben Stein (Bueller, Bueller......) was a speech writer to President Nixon and Ford
The exterior scenes of Cameron's house were filmed in Highland Park... the town that has been in the news lately. 😢
You misjudge Ferris. He spoke the whole time about his motives concerning Cameron. He sincerely was trying to help him. It wasn't just ditching school. Ferris is a pure anti-hero. He hijacked the parade expressly on Cameron's behalf. He helped Cameron, though in the end the car thing was unanticipated.
The movie is *very* of its time. Ages well if you remember what message that generation was rebelling against and the form that new rebellion would take.
Classic movie! Love that Ferris gets away with it all!
Love this movie good nostalgia
This movie is a live action Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Who’s the guy in your background?
I loved this film growing up, but I was always team Cameron. Ferris is a borderline sociopath, honestly. The principal is insane and obsessed. Jeanie needs to mind her own biz. The only person in this film who is really above reproach is Grace. I’d chill by the pool with some wine and Grace.
Gotta admit, your reaction was extremely weird
Hopefully you'll react to "Weird Science". Love that movie growing up.
Ferris can't get caught
This is the one movie I ... just don't get. I do not get the "humor". I find it obnoxious, annoying, badly written, terribly directed and just in general an awful movie. Hell, it's even cheap subpar audioengineering. No, having awful audio on purpose is NOT charming. It's ANNOYING.
Bruh you're no fun and you don't know good storytelling
Stop saying "Damn!!" all the time. First off it's annoying as hell, secondly it's unoriginal.