Cameron from "Ferris Beuller" = Narrator from "Fight Club"

*SPOILER ALERT* This will likely change the way you forever think about a classic piece of cinema. Read on at your own peril.

"My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the "Fight Club" theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron's imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves.

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."

Whoa, that blew my mind. Also, there is a comprehensive list of the crimes committed by Ferris, et al. during the film. Metafilter appears have a pretty awesome community.

haha, dude.

that is pretty awesome.

"There's got to be some kind of disorderly conduct involved in stepping onto someone else's parade float, singing your own songs, and generally disrupting the planned program."

pissing.my.pants.

Cameron was so hot, damn.

was he still as hot in his "first time in Los Angeles tourist" character in the cinematic classic, Speed?

Haha Alan Ruck is just always hot to me, I don't know why. He's a DILF.

Holy shit.

for the longest time i thought the guy who plays Cameron and ed Norton were the same guy. They look pretty similar.

That's an interesting spin. Speaking of which. Does anyone watch him on Spin City? It's far more entertaining than anything Matthew Broderick did after Ferris Bueller.

Oh and Ben Stein saying "Frye... Cameron Frye...?" isn't quite as catchy as "Bueller... Ferris Bueller..?"

tangerine wrote:

Does anyone watch him on Spin City? It's far more entertaining than anything Matthew Broderick did after Ferris Bueller.

ever seen Glory? one of the best movies ever

Nope, I'll check it out.

haha this idea is genius