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Becoming Ferris Bueller: when you're not actually the main character in your own movie (2024x14)

Air date: Nov 02, 2024

Ferris Bueller's Day Off, starring a young Matthew Broderick, is more than your average teen comedy. Director John Hughes has created some fascinating characters that run contrary to what we're used to seeing in these kinds of movies. I've talked about Ferris Bueller's Day Off before, discussing its editing process. Today I want to talk about it from a character and narrative perspective.