/Film first introduced us to a theory we presented here on The Movie Blog a little over a year ago, that has you look at Ferris Beuller’s Day Off a little differently. Fight Club Differently.
One day while he’s lying sick in bed, Cameron lets “Ferris” steal his father’s car and take the day off, and as Cameron wanders around the city, all of his interactions with Ferris and Sloane, and all the impossible hijinks, are all just played out in his head. This is part of the reason why the “three” characters can see so much of Chicago in less than one day — Cameron is alone, just imagining it all.
It isn’t until he destroys the front of the car in a fugue state does he finally get a grip and decide to confront his father, after which he imagines a final, impossible escape for Ferris and a storybook happy ending for Sloane (”He’s gonna marry me!”), the girl that Cameron knows he can never have.
After reading that theory, I watched the movie again and it gives it a whole new life and meaning. This movie isn’t about Ferris at all. Ferris is a figment in Cameron’s head. This movie is about Cameron!
Well now we get a Fight Club type of trailer that shows off what Ferris Beuller might have been presented as if that was the intention all along!
I would love to see a Ferris Fight Club edition of this movie, recut so Ferris was just in Cameron’s head. That would be awesome.
