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I'm John Hughes, I wrote and
directed "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

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This house
was in Long Beach, California

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It's disappointing that the first shot in
a "Chicago" movie is in Long Beach

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The opening scene and the end were
shot at the back of the schedule, -

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- which was important for the film

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You "met" him after he'd been
playing the part for two months

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So in this first piece
he was very practised

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He was practised in talking
to the camera and in the character

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I wanted him to play it very broad

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The broader he could play it,
the funnier it would be

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The parents really wanted to believe
that he was telling them the truth

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His sister,
who is one of his two nemeses, -

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- knows that he's lying

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And he's a little cruel
He does taunt her a little bit

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I needed to motivate her sufficiently -

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- to justify her obsessiveness
in catching him -

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- and putting him in his place

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After the film wrapped, Mr and Mrs
Bueller, in real life, got married

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At the time we shot this, Jennifer
Grey and Matthew were dating

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It was a strange situation, because
everyone in this scene is in love

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He's wonderful in this scene
He played it as a child

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Parents' most affectionate memories
of their children -

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<i>- are when they are children
Ferris knew this very well</i>

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His parents bought it completely,
which drives his sister insane, -

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- because she's always
one-upped by him

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Originally she was a middle child
I cut out two young characters

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That put her in the middle, which
explained a lot of her aggression

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I actually decorated
a lot of the room myself

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It looks like my room in high school

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I had every square inch covered
with pop music record sleeves -

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- and photographs
from English pop magazines

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I thought his room
should reflect his mind

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It should be filled
with interesting and related stuff

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That's an old MTV logo
I liked it because it was very noisy

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I used a song by Sigue Sigue Sputnik

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It was a good song, it fit well

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But at the time it was a crass piece
of pop commercialism, -

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- which worked well for the story

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There's a squirrel outside his room
on a telephone wire, -

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- which I thought I needed This
was shot on the stage at Paramount

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To avoid it looking too false,
I wanted something real

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So we trained two squirrels to run
along the wire The first ran away

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He's probably still in that stage

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The second had stage fright
He just clung to the wire

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Everybody thought it was a fake
It wasn't He was just catatonic

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The graphics were done
in post-production

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I thought the scene was a little flat
It was just pure exposition

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So I re-positioned the shot, and wrote
these instructions, which were stupid

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We played this shower sequence -

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- as if he were, again, a child
He does things kids do at bathtime

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He plays with his hair
and he sings to the microphone

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He covers the camera while washing
his privates, while talking politics

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I thought it was a good context
for him to discuss his political views

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This was shot after the parade
scene where he sings "Danke Sch�n"

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I made a lot of references to the song,
and we used it whenever we could

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This is a very good moment for him
This is the essence of Ferris

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He's quoting the Beatles, this very
obvious remark from John Lennon

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He has the right amount of smirk You
don't know if he believes it or not

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That's the key to Ferris

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You'd think you'd know him after
the shower, but you don't really

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Ben Stein was an easy and early
choice for the role of the teacher

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He wasn't a professional actor

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He had a flat voice,
he looked like a teacher

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He looked dispirited A bright guy
Very interesting and funny

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He was quite brilliant
at playing a dull, boring person -

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- who's talking to people
who are disinterested

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This is the only shot of Ferris
in school It's just his empty desk

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That's the only connection
to him at school

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This is a nice moment
of non-communication

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She doesn't care what he says,
he doesn't care what she says

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Cameron's house is a very beautiful
house designed by -

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- a student of Mies van der Rohe,
a very important Chicago architect

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That's my hand

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I needed a really overly dramatic
button-push, -

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- and nobody on the set
was getting it right, so I did it myself

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If you notice, the quilt

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I realised that the form the quilt had
taken was a bit like a sarcophagus

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So I tucked it in further to make it
look more so An Egyptian prince

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A nice piece of score here One piece
of music going between the beach -

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- and the crypt

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That's my hand again

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A nice piece of morning hair there
The horn

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And this is the first time -

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- I played Ferris
as being somewhat superhuman

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He was able to anticipate
what Cameron was going to say

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Cameron was based, in large part,
on a friend of mine in high school

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He was sort of a lost person

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His family neglected him, -

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- so he took that as licence
to really pamper himself

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When he was legitimately sick,
he actually felt good, -

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- because it was difficult and tiring
to have to invent diseases

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But when he actually had something,
he was relaxed

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This is Mrs Bueller at work
A terrible set, I never liked it much

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This is really done
to show Ed Rooney

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He's a guy that deals with children
all the time

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He's not very good
at dealing with adults

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His conversation with Mrs Bueller
is a little clumsy

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This is ad libbed
She had a very sprayed hairdo

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I thought it would be fun
to stick stuff in there

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I once worked with a woman
who kept pencils in her hair

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There was more than pencils in there
A little piece of dirt there

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He was so concerned about it,
it helped set up what happens later

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A pompous guy He's the emperor
of this little kingdom of children

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When he speaks to anyone on the
outside, or anyone near his age, -

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- he's really not very good at it

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I tried to delay his appearance
as long as I could

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The number nine is another Beatle
reference It's also a funny word

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When you say "nine", it becomes
nasal You have to say it that way

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And it sounded funny coming from him

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I cast him off of "Amadeus",
where he played the prince

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I thought that character's
modern equivalent is Rooney

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Took it down to two,
which is a good number

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Their relationship She doesn't
drink coffee, she sniffs Liquid Paper

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Grace drives him crazy, but she's
the only one who admires him

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He's stuck with her

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She flatters him She thinks
he's smart, she buys a lot of his stuff

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This was ad libbed
There was a clarinet on the set

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Matthew said he could play it,
which of course he couldn't

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That little line of his is my favourite:
"Didn't never have one lesson"

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Occasionally he slips into his New
York dialects, which I like very much

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We had no dialogue for this I just
asked him to talk about economics

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We thought political economics was
the worst thing to discuss with kids

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The Smoot-Holly Act, an example
of adults making a mess of things

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They're not just bored, they hate him
They resent him They can't stand him

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She looks kind of like Alex
in "Clockwork Orange"

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And she's furious
She's gonna get him at some point

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He's probably bored He's kind of a
nice guy, he wouldn't be aggressive

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And this is a stupid joke, but

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I remember being awakened
many times by my drool cooling

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She was able to pop the bubble
without blinking

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It took a while

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We used "voodoo" economics, which
goes into "I Dream of Jeannie"

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Blue tennis shoes You may notice
that he changes clothes a lot

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Every time you see him, he's changed
clothes When you're home sick, -

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- you amuse yourself
in ways you wouldn't normally

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This high school is actually
the "Breakfast Club" high school

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It was an abandoned high school,
so we were able to get it

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These are all real kids I wanted
to use real high-school kids -

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- and put the principal cast,
who are all in their 20's, -

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- into this world of real kids,
so there would be a greater contrast

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When you're a kid, you want to be
his age This is a good example -

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- of Matthew, who's 21-22,
talking to actual freshman boys

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I couldn't have got it in performance

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You've got to have the look and
the vocal tone a freshman boy has

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This was a really early emulator, -

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- Ferris being fairly technically
adept, for the times, anyway

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This is a nice moment
which speaks to -

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- youth's feelings
about life and death

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Ferris is dying, but she wants to know
if he'll be around on the weekend

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Matthew had a good time with this
He was able to play with the sounds

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He enjoyed it very much

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She was just an extra
who we gave the phone to

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She did a very good job

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This is just childish showing off
This is his best camera-take here

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I enjoyed developing the relationship
between Rooney and his secretary

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He takes himself so seriously, -

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- and she's one of those sweet,
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- who knows the kids,
likes the kids, and they like her

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He can't figure out
why he's not respected

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He doesn't care if they like him He
wants their respect and doesn't get it

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He shows here how out of touch
he is with the students

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She has an understanding of how
high-school society works

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A key to Grace
is that she's very practical

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- She takes things at face value
- He speaks in clich�s

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She interprets a lot of those clich�s
literally, which annoys him

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If you consider yourself important,
having Grace around will annoy you

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I've used Edie McClurg
a number of times in pictures

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She's wonderful at this
A lot of this we made up on the spot

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Originally, Ferris was doing this
Modigliani on his computer, -

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- and he'd wired it into a JumboTron
downtown in the city

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So as he's composing this picture,
it's appearing downtown

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It's part of a larger theme Signs and
JumboTrons linked to his computer

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I ultimately didn't use it

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A lot of shots of Chicago It's my city,
and I really wanted to show it -

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- at its best

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This is Ferris at the office,
getting his plan together

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He's starting to get dressed
in his final outfit

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This is a nice moment
of a father not really knowing how -

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- to deal with his son He knows he
should give him some sort of advice

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We thought of the worst advice for
the flu: Put a towel on your head

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Lyman Ward is a very funny guy
A really good light comedian

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I like this scene very much

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It really shows Cameron's madness

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He's a passive-aggressive,
to the extreme

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He doesn't want to do this

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He knows he'll end up with Ferris,
and do whatever Ferris wants him to

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The only thing he can do is get angry
He gets angry at his car here

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I've done this a few times
You just let the engine suffer a bit

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He's had it, he's going in the house
He puts his foot down a lot

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Which is really his problem He puts
his foot down and then backs off

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I like the headrest in focus, and him
having a tantrum in the background

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This is Del Close from Second City

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The father of improvisational comedy
in Chicago

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I didn't really have anything
in the script for him

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So we just sort of worked it out
while we were there

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I wanted corny things
Putting bars through the word "prison"

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He had an idea to come up with
a really annoying speech pattern

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You put the pauses
in the wrong places, -

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- which is a good way to put people
to sleep There's a few sleeping there

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And this is the old
dead grandmother ruse, -

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- which I used because
it is such a common thing

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I wanted them to use
the worst excuse, -

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- so you'd say, "There's no way
you'll get out of that old excuse"

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They're getting him to say that it's an
excuse, setting him up for the next fall

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That's Mia Sara She was very good
I needed someone pretty and elegant, -

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- who looked as though
she could tolerate and control Ferris

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Here's Grace,
with her sympathy getting in the way

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She believes it 100 grandmothers die
each day, and she grieves for them all

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He doesn't buy it at all,
which is exactly what Ferris wants

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He's about to step into
a nice trap here

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Jeffrey Jones was I can't imagine
anybody else playing this part

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This is

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Alan Ruck was doing an impression
of a stage director he'd worked with

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It was an in-joke
between Matthew and Alan

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It didn't mean anything to me,
but I thought it was a very funny voice

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It was a good voice for a kid to use
in playing an adult, -

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- for a teacher

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It's all right It's Ferris Bueller I'm
gonna set a trap and let him fall into it

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Grace flatters him She thinks he's
brilliant, that he's figured it all out

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I like that she's participating in it,
I think that's kind of funny

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We tried to think of words that he
didn't normally use in his vocabulary

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"Dipshit" and "pucker up, buttercup"
were not things he would normally say

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He heard them in the halls

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We held this close-up for a long time

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As long as he could go
without blinking

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He plays it all with his eyes

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I added these bells on the telephone,
which was stupid, but kind of funny

228
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I had her hold that expression
for a long time

229
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:14,039
It's nice to see Cameron
asserting himself here

230
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But he can only do it
in the guise of someone else

231
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He looks very boyish here
That little twisting motion was his idea

232
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That really felt good for him,
to call this guy an asshole

233
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But of course
in the guise of someone else

234
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:52,429
Cameron will go too far
He's getting really confident

235
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:04,080
I liked James Bond movies,
especially when I was in high school

236
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This was great, running these two
in and out of that room

237
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She's doing Rooney

238
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I don't have all day to bark at you,
so I'll make this short and sweet

239
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:35,432
I want my daughter in front of
the school in ten minutes, by herself

240
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He's gone too far here

241
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:48,232
A great face Pagliacci
The "operatic clown" look

242
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A very rubbery face
He would make wonderful expressions

243
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,676
In fixing it, he's made it worse now

244
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:14,558
These guys have worked together
on Broadway for quite a while

245
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,038
They had some wonderful routines
that they did together

246
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:23,995
This is an example of two actors who
are really in sync with one another

247
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:31,630
I really enjoyed working with Matthew,
who had so much stage experience

248
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,276
<i>He wasn't being Ferris,
he was playing Ferris</i>

249
00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:42,113
His performance is a performance
It wasn't supposed to be real

250
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:46,711
He's playing an ideal I think
his stage experience really helped

251
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:52,313
The fact that they had worked
on Broadway -

252
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- really made this scene work

253
00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:59,715
It's the first time
Cameron stands up to Ferris

254
00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:05,040
Ferris hit him,
and he's really embarrassed

255
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:10,712
I gave him
a Detroit Red Wings jersey to wear

256
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,833
It's where I grew up
Gordie Howe, number 9, was my hero

257
00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:19,909
Hockey is not a sport
that Cameron would be interested in

258
00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:24,875
Here's a nice little ad libbed moment
I had him running down the hall

259
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:31,269
He doesn't want to be seen panicking,
so he stops in front of every door

260
00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:36,912
This is Ferris has hit him

261
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:42,638
and now he's drawing him back in
and making him pay for his mistake

262
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:48,949
He gets Cameron to make a mistake,
so that he can get the car

263
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,438
Cameron has to pay for
his getting too confident with Rooney

264
00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,200
This is the price he's got to pay

265
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,955
This is a Yello song I'd had it
in mind to use for a couple years, -

266
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- but I didn't find
the right spot for it until here

267
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:27,311
The insert shots of the Ferrari
were real, of the 250 GT California

268
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:33,868
The cars we used in the wide shots
were obviously reproductions

269
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,629
There were only 100 of these cars,
so it was way too expensive to destroy

270
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:42,356
We had a number of replicas made
They were pretty good

271
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But for the tight shots
I needed a real one, -

272
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,634
- so we brought one in to the stage
and shot the inserts with it

273
00:25:55,520 --> 00:26:03,200
That thing with his finger was a squeak
with a woman's voice underneath it

274
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,352
This is Ferris
really working hard on Cameron

275
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:19,873
He really wants to drive this car
This car was really made for him

276
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:26,713
Matthew played this
as if it were his first date

277
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,549
The car really had become
a woman to him

278
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:41,271
He's probably seen it many times at
Cameron's and wanted to take it out

279
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,516
- He knows the mileage
- He doesn't trust you?

280
00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,793
- Never has, never will
- Look, this is real simple

281
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,788
Whatever miles we put on,
we'll take off

282
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,390
- We'll drive home backwards
- No

283
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:59,513
No! Forget it
You'll have to think of something else

284
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,077
I think Cameron
really wanted him to take it

285
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:13,354
He's offering him alternatives here
Alan was just ad libbing

286
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,232
He crosses himself

287
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,079
This is my old high school, actually

288
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:31,798
I had Jeffrey play this
as if he were a funeral director

289
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:38,997
We hear Ben continuing his economics
lecture Could be the same class

290
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:45,389
This is just platitudes We were looking
for these horrible clich�s to say -

291
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,558
- to someone who'd suffered a loss

292
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,799
And she's aloof

293
00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:02,035
He's trying very hard to be sincere

294
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,759
I liked that she was able to play this -

295
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,270
- with such confidence

296
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:40,874
She owns him at this point,
and I think she made it quite obvious

297
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,077
He always stood -

298
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:54,196
- as if he were the funeral director
Tilted, a little bit

299
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,871
She's safe She's far enough away
that they've escaped, -

300
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,437
- so they throw a huge kiss
on one another

301
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,873
She lifted her leg
like in the old movies

302
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,596
From the stage, Matthew is very good
at entering and exiting frames

303
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:21,750
I took advantage of it whenever I could
He had a wonderful body language

304
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,430
<i>What are we going to do? The question
is: What aren't we going to do?</i>

305
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,110
Don't say
we're not going to take the car home

306
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:34,633
If you had access to a car like this,
would you take it back right away?

307
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,308
Neither would I

308
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:46,035
The song is by the Flowerpot Men

309
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:53,436
I listened to as much obscure
English music as I could

310
00:29:53,640 --> 00:30:00,159
It was a good song It was "Beat City",
and it had to do with cities

311
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,715
A good guitar sound
I thought it fit well

312
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:08,517
And it was obscure I didn't want
to use music you had heard, -

313
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,153
- unless you listened to that kind of
music I didn't want to use top 40 stuff

314
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:19,436
This is nothing but how pretty
Chicago is, the architecture of the city

315
00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:31,872
We sent a helicopter
up the Chicago river

316
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,872
This was my first chance,
making a movie, -

317
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:50,074
- to get outside Up to this point,
my pictures had been pretty small

318
00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:54,592
This was a chance to use helicopters
and a slightly longer schedule, -

319
00:30:54,800 --> 00:31:01,478
- and do things I couldn't do before
because of the story or the budget

320
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:07,152
I really wanted to capture
as much of Chicago as I could

321
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:14,072
Not just in the architecture
and landscape, but the spirit

322
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:19,673
Again, these are all high-school kids

323
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:28,874
To put her, at 22, in this context
makes school all the more awful

324
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:34,313
Although this is a very flat delivery

325
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,709
I made great use of
answering machines in this movie

326
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:56,199
It would be different today,
it would be voice mail or e-mail

327
00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:03,795
Scratching her head with a pencil
This woman I worked with also did

328
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:11,588
Those hairdos are so hard, you've got
to use a pencil to scratch your head

329
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:17,432
I didn't achieve my position by having a
punk leave my cheese out in the wind

330
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:22,156
That was a completely nonsensical
line we made up on the spot

331
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:26,831
I just wanted him to say something
profound that meant nothing

332
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:32,194
We thought "leaving your cheese
out in the wind" would suffice

333
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:40,548
She loves when he's tough

334
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,709
15 years from now, when he looks back
on the ruin his life's become, -

335
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,957
- he is gonna remember
Edward Rooney

336
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:55,633
He's gonna go across the line soon,
for which he'll have to pay a price

337
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:05,197
I don't know why I used the beret
If it were today, I don't think I would

338
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:10,315
I like Cameron's hat,
I didn't care for this one too much

339
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,437
I met Richard Edson,
who plays the parking lot attendant, -

340
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:21,794
- and I was fascinated by him
Every reading he did was different

341
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,278
And they were all
really on the edge of collapse

342
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,359
Halfway through the reading, I thought
he wasn't going to get through it

343
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,233
And he always did

344
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:38,230
There was something nice and natural
about it He certainly looked the part

345
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,638
But he had also this incredibly
suspicious look about him

346
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:48,995
Not the kind of person
you'd want to give a $200,000 car to

347
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:56,316
He's got a very interesting style

348
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:11,035
But Cameron's entirely too polite
to say no, which is part of his problem

349
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:15,552
He's always doing
what he doesn't want to do

350
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:22,555
This guy immediately senses
that he's weak, -

351
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,957
- and he takes full advantage of him

352
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:40,911
That last lingering touch on the car

353
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:29,355
I deliberately brought the mother home
to make it a bit more difficult for Ferris

354
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:34,236
The game should be over now

355
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:39,673
She's gonna come home
and go check his bedroom

356
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,475
You should think that it's over

357
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,956
We play this very arch music

358
00:35:53,520 --> 00:36:03,760
This is the trophy thing he was doing
early in the movie Tying the string to it

359
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,918
I like that there was a Union Jack
in all the close-ups of the door

360
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:17,356
I made those little video print-outs
of "Jailhouse Rock"

361
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,678
I thought it would be
kind of interesting wallpaper

362
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:27,796
It wasn't "Jailhouse Rock", it was
his appearance on Ed Sullivan, I think

363
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:33,552
I don't think I needed this
It explains it a little too much

364
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,955
This was

365
00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:12,152
We improvised this, basically

366
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:18,435
The guys with the hats just showed up,
we didn't bring them there

367
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:25,591
They came from Germany for the
Germany Day parade we shot later

368
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:31,477
I was terrified of leaning against glass
in high buildings when I was a kid

369
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,992
This is kind of a nice shot You see
them upside down and right side up

370
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:41,593
The guy making this 2nd unit shot
actually got sick

371
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,588
They had to hold him over the side

372
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:51,830
We used the actual sound
of their heads hitting the glass

373
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:57,797
This was the commodities market

374
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:03,916
This was something that came up when
Alan was watching the hand signals

375
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,873
This scene was really there -

376
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:12,791
- just to hit
Cameron's family situation, -

377
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,073
- which would be important later
I think it's a little too obvious

378
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:22,479
I'd rather have done it differently

379
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:27,435
And Alan had that nice little
dripping sound effect that he made

380
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:33,954
I like this moment
between Matthew and Mia, -

381
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:39,917
- about marriage She sort of
catches him on what he's doing there

382
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,557
He doesn't want to get married
He's just provoking her

383
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:52,913
A lot of that
was Cameron's self-indulgence

384
00:38:53,120 --> 00:39:01,312
He's now playing the
"I'm from a home with problems"

385
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:06,389
This friend of mine that I based
the character on did that sort of thing

386
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,957
He played for sympathy,
because he got no natural sympathy

387
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,789
So he was always trying
to elicit it somehow

388
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:20,028
This guy was very good He was
a comedian out in Los Angeles

389
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,710
I liked him very much
He did a very good job -

390
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:28,516
- of playing the snooty maitre'd

391
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:34,508
- Is there a problem?
- You're Abe Froman?

392
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:41,558
- The sausage king of Chicago?
- Yeah, that's me

393
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,311
I'm very busy Why don't you kids
go back to the clubhouse?

394
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:51,310
That was Jonathan's line, going back to
the clubhouse I thought it was funny

395
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:55,229
Playing them very much as children

396
00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:02,438
- Okay, Abe, let's go
- No, I'm not going anywhere

397
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,668
It hasn't worked for him,
so he's getting a little aggressive now

398
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,908
It's a little different
than any of his other reactions

399
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:20,151
It isn't going well He can't lose If he
did lose, he wouldn't be Ferris Bueller

400
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:31,599
When I was done with this,
I had no more telephone tricks left

401
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:47,915
We did a thing with him Whenever
he turned, he turned the wrong way

402
00:40:48,120 --> 00:40:54,639
When he gets out from the podium,
he turns the longer, unnatural way

403
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,037
In the hallway he does the same thing

404
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,074
I cut part of this scene

405
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:09,512
At the end, they were ordering,
and it was in French

406
00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,395
Rather than admit that they'd
made a mistake ordering, -

407
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:19,038
- they went ahead and ate it,
and it turned out to be pancreas

408
00:41:19,240 --> 00:41:24,678
Cameron had to eat it

409
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,032
He discovered what it was while he
ate it, which didn't make him feel good

410
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:33,153
There's a reference to it later, when
they're in the traffic jam, in the taxi

411
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:38,434
Cameron doesn't think he's done
anything good that day He mentions it

412
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,713
A reference to the scene that was cut

413
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:48,072
This was a restaurant in Los Angeles
that we took over for the day

414
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:57,719
A very pretentious interior
Huge floral arrangements

415
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,915
This was them playing adults

416
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:19,310
He thought he would play it as a kid
pretending to be an adult

417
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:22,751
Pretending that his water is wine

418
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:28,273
There were these references
that we made often to childhood

419
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,677
Matthew played a lot of this
as a child

420
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:38,877
This is a really terrible,
shaky, bouncy shot

421
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:44,950
It was on a big old Western dolly
We didn't have much time to do it

422
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:47,594
The only thing you can say for it
is that it's in focus

423
00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:52,749
What makes him
so goddam special? Screw him

424
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:57,033
I used to think my family
was the only one with weirdness in it

425
00:42:57,240 --> 00:43:01,995
That used to worry me Then I saw
how Cameron's family functioned

426
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:05,192
His home life is really twisted

427
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:11,999
This was originally intercut
with Cameron eating his pancreas

428
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,992
<i>Not his pancreas
The pancreas he was served</i>

429
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:21,078
There it is

430
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:33,835
He ate it heartily, then discovered
what it was and didn't know what to do

431
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:40,070
So I used those moments
to intercut with this restaurant scene

432
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:47,675
This was after he had discovered
he'd eaten it, cleansing his palate

433
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:59,634
This whole long bit is just to support
this little joke coming up here

434
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:03,628
That his father
is at the same restaurant

435
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,479
I don't know if it was worth it

436
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:19,196
Jeanie and Grace
didn't get along too well

437
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,756
She's a lot like Rooney

438
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:28,637
The difference is, Rooney's an egoist,
and she's insecure

439
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:33,197
But they're both
obsessive and aggressive, -

440
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,439
- and they both blame other people
for their problems

441
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:53,314
This is an homage
to my old advertising days, -

442
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:58,196
- where you have to talk somebody into
doing something they don't want to do

443
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:01,392
It's a very stylised thing here

444
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:06,151
I put the sunglasses on
They make a very deliberate exit

445
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:13,232
Sort of like those old war movies
Sneaking past the Nazi guards

446
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:24,035
I didn't have much time It was going
to rain I didn't really get it perfect

447
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:30,759
The cab that replaces it
isn't really stopped when he turns

448
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:43,114
A nice piece of score here
Ed has gone too far He's left school

449
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:49,839
He's made it personal It isn't a school
matter anymore It's a personal issue

450
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,510
We found these ridiculous glasses
that flipped up

451
00:45:54,720 --> 00:45:58,713
I don't know why,
but we made a little bit out of it, -

452
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,549
- to score the flipping of the glasses

453
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:09,836
This is all of the thrillers and mysteries
and spy movies coming back to him

454
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:15,398
This is a pizza place in Brentwood
we used to go to with our kids

455
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:17,670
It's no longer there

456
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:21,555
This is Rooney in the real world

457
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,355
It shows how poorly he fits

458
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:33,871
Jeffrey asked me
He thought it would be a good idea -

459
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:39,473
- if Rooney spoke a little French
He had this line: "The game is up"

460
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:49,954
To Rooney, this is very important
This is a real war for him

461
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:53,948
This isn't just being late for school

462
00:46:54,160 --> 00:47:00,315
Moriarty has Holmes where he
wants him Of course it's not Holmes

463
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:08,074
She doesn't go to school, so he has
no power She's free to spit in his face

464
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,949
This scene was really about
what an awkward person he was

465
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:20,789
Outside of school, he was nothing

466
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:27,109
Inside of school, he was a man
of distinction, deserving of respect

467
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:31,996
But outside he was really very clumsy
and awkward and ill-equipped

468
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,397
He doesn't know about sports here

469
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:38,637
He thinks
he should make conversation

470
00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:44,153
This guy was Porky on the original
"Lassie" programme, which I watched

471
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,796
So it was a big moment for me
But he knows nothing about sports

472
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:52,357
But he thinks, when he's with a
working man, he should talk about that

473
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:55,518
We had him throw the napkin -

474
00:47:55,720 --> 00:48:00,714
- so that it didn't look manly,
though he was trying to be manly

475
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:07,075
Never was a Cub fan, never will be, but
the White Sox didn't play day games

476
00:48:08,560 --> 00:48:13,554
So I had to shoot at Wrigley Field,
which is nice, but it's the wrong team

477
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:21,311
This is one of those references
to the JumboTrons

478
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:27,550
As word of Ferris's illness
spread around the city

479
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,237
I hate him

480
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:56,710
Ferris had gone to a radio station
and talked about how he would be -

481
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:00,276
- the first American teenager
to go up in the space shuttle, -

482
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,074
- which I had to lose

483
00:49:03,280 --> 00:49:08,991
The trailer went out with some of
that material, and had to be recalled

484
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:14,957
The day before the trailer was to play,
Friday night, -

485
00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:21,554
- the tragedy happened with the shuttle
Paramount had to pull all those prints

486
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:25,992
The address on this house
was my address when I was a kid

487
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:31,991
The house is in Long Beach It bothered
me that there were eucalyptus trees, -

488
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:37,194
- but I was looking for trees that
would look somewhat like the Midwest

489
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:41,029
This is a nice little moment for Jeffrey, -

490
00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:44,835
- where he's playing to a recording

491
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:49,713
He's come to the house as a school
administrator on official business

492
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:53,799
He's coming to confirm -

493
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,516
- the illness of a frequently-absent
student So he's within his rights here

494
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:05,548
But he's soon to exceed his rights

495
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:14,390
On the refrigerator is a portrait of me
done by my son, who was six then

496
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:18,912
One of my more favourite pieces of art

497
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,112
He's supplied
a lot of my refrigerator art

498
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:38,232
I think I could have made him a little
slower to learn that this is a trick

499
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:49,311
Now he has to decide if he's
going to go a little further with this

500
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:54,674
I think he thinks he's got some licence
because he was duped at the door

501
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:59,829
He feels justified now in looking in
the windows, but still a little nervous

502
00:51:00,040 --> 00:51:03,555
I wanted to play this
from inside the house looking out

503
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,479
His little fall there

504
00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:12,316
It was such a wonderful character
He was so pompous -

505
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:17,389
- and so arrogant He thought
of himself as being so dignified

506
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:24,631
To run him through all of these pratfalls
was a lot of fun

507
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:31,279
And he was a very good sport about it,
stepping into the mud

508
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:38,397
This happened to me all the time
And when you pull your boot out, -

509
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:43,799
- you end up standing in the mud
in your socks Then he turns the

510
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:48,357
We needed to get him from
the front door to the back door

511
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:53,953
I used every obstacle I could to put
in his way, on the way to the back door

512
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:58,233
This is really about his decline now

513
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:04,036
Now he chases the hose
We let these things happen naturally

514
00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:07,232
Jeffrey did a wonderful job
of reacting to them

515
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:12,560
We increased the pressure on the hose
so it would be hard for him to grab it

516
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:16,309
Then he actually split his pants here

517
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:22,029
He really enjoyed this

518
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:26,676
This was a post-production thing

519
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,553
The car going over
sort of looks like "Star Wars"

520
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,672
So we thought,
here lies a very cheap joke

521
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:39,149
We're lucky we got the rights I don't
think another song would have worked

522
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:43,751
I wanted to show the unbridled joy of
these two guys out in this beautiful car

523
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,669
It's a seductive car
It seduced Ferris and these two guys

524
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:53,796
Now we're back to Ed getting dressed,
putting himself back together

525
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,916
Now he sees the doggy door
I like the idea of a school official -

526
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:07,716
- considering
climbing through a doggy door -

527
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:12,152
- in pursuit of a student,
not knowing if they have a dog

528
00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:16,114
We've heard the dog bark a few times,
but haven't seen it until now

529
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:20,916
This is very nice
This is Rooney in the animal kingdom

530
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:24,829
And he's just as inept
in the animal kingdom

531
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:31,434
It proves once again that he's really
only good in his office at the school

532
00:53:31,640 --> 00:53:36,395
And Grace is really the only living thing
that has any respect for him

533
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:41,355
He played this very well
This got a little dangerous, -

534
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:46,918
- because this dog, by the time we got
to shooting him, was really pissed off

535
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:53,719
Jeffrey had to get the trainer
between him and the dog very quickly

536
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:58,869
This is a self-indulgent scene of mine
This is the Chicago Art Institute, -

537
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:02,629
- which was a place of refuge for me

538
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:07,868
I went there quite a bit I loved it
I knew all the paintings, the building

539
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:12,676
This was a chance for me to go back
into this building -

540
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:17,590
- and show the paintings
that were my favourites

541
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:19,950
Kandinsky

542
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:27,350
Picasso It's one of my favourites
"The Old Guitarist"

543
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:33,749
I thought this was very relevant
to Cameron

544
00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:38,158
The tenderness of a mother and child,
which he didn't have

545
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:42,594
There's a Matisse

546
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:47,954
The museum hadn't been shot in,
until we approached them

547
00:54:48,160 --> 00:54:54,599
This is a nice moment here These
were all things we did on the spot

548
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:59,954
These three Picassos were favourites
I put each of them in front of them

549
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:05,518
I always thought this painting was
like making a movie, in point of style

550
00:55:05,720 --> 00:55:10,271
You don't have any idea what
you've made until you step back from it

551
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,677
I used it in this context to see

552
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:17,509
He's looking at that little girl,
which again is a mother and a child

553
00:55:17,720 --> 00:55:23,352
The closer he looks, the less he sees,
with this style of painting

554
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:28,634
Or any style, really But the more
he looks at it, there's nothing there

555
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:34,437
He fears that, the more you look at him,
the less you see There's nothing there

556
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:36,835
That's him

557
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:45,949
This is the German Day parade There's
many German references in the film

558
00:55:46,160 --> 00:55:52,235
The town I grew up in
The original citizens were Germans

559
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:56,558
There's a lot of German street names,
a lot of Germans in Chicago

560
00:55:56,760 --> 00:55:59,194
There I go with my 80's haircut

561
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:05,669
Bueller was a German name
I used a number of those references

562
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:10,749
It just happened that this was an actual
parade, which we put our float into, -

563
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:15,192
- unbeknownst to anybody,
all the people on the reviewing stand

564
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:19,234
Nobody knew what it was,
including the governor

565
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:23,513
This is a nice scene,
where he pulls up next to his father

566
00:56:23,720 --> 00:56:29,158
Cameron's whining and complaining
He's always looking for a parent

567
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:36,835
He's always in search of a parent
Ferris is his father figure and friend

568
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:40,794
He's running down all the things
that he's done for him here

569
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:47,030
Again, this is his great, rubbery face
His monkey face A primate face

570
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,639
I had to do this all in one

571
00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:05,358
As soon as I got off him, Matthew had
to jump down, and she had to sit up

572
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:09,314
In wardrobe, I gave him

573
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:14,230
a rabbit's foot, which I thought
would be a nice little touch

574
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:21,357
Down in the footwell, they came up
with the idea of using the rabbit's foot

575
00:57:23,400 --> 00:57:27,188
It's kind of an icky moment, isn't it?

576
00:57:31,520 --> 00:57:35,433
He gave her a very good goosing here

577
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,438
This is all really natural

578
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:42,076
Of course he's made it into the paper

579
00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:49,715
I saw this hole in the door and thought
his eyeball there would be pretty funny

580
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:54,914
I've got something about shoes,
I don't know what it is

581
00:57:55,120 --> 00:58:00,319
I've done a lot of shoe jokes
Teachers always had odd shoes

582
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:04,399
I thought his shoe being chewed up by
the dog would be the final humiliation

583
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:08,513
Like I said, this was a real parade
We shot it over two days

584
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:13,953
The first Saturday was the real parade
The second one, we did pick-up shots

585
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:25,270
<i>Ladies and gentlemen,
you're such a wonderful crowd.</i>

586
00:58:25,480 --> 00:58:29,234
<i>We'd like to play a little tune for you,
it's one of my personal favourites.</i>

587
00:58:29,440 --> 00:58:33,877
<i>It's dedicated it to a young man who
doesn't think he's seen anything good.</i>

588
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:37,197
<i>Cameron Frye, this one's for you.</i>

589
00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:50,796
Matthew lip-synched this song It was
the most awful song of my youth

590
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:56,279
Every time it came on,
I just wanted to scream, claw my face

591
00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:59,392
I was taking German in high school, -

592
00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:03,513
- which meant
that we listened to it in school

593
00:59:03,720 --> 00:59:06,632
I couldn't get away from it

594
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:15,797
I can't recall how many cameras we
had We had some up in the buildings

595
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:19,197
We had people on the street
Five or six, probably

596
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:24,952
The woman playing the accordion
didn't realise we were doing a comedy

597
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,914
I think she thought
it was a tribute to Germany

598
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:33,159
This was shot on the second day
Those are extras in the background

599
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:38,275
A nice little walk and talk
with Cameron and Mia Sara, -

600
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:41,074
- which says a little bit
about their relationship

601
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:48,789
I think Cameron probably was secretly
desperately in love with her

602
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:54,791
And she was like a sister My wife,
who was my high-school girlfriend

603
00:59:55,000 --> 01:00:00,028
We were always three
Me, my wife, and one of my friends

604
01:00:00,240 --> 01:00:03,789
One of my troubled buddies

605
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:09,315
That's a Calder statue behind them

606
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:14,150
Matthew got into this pretty good

607
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,431
Then we went to "Twist and Shout"

608
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:21,916
What happened, for real, -

609
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:26,636
- was that people from
all over the immediate area -

610
01:00:26,840 --> 01:00:30,116
- showed up and were singing along

611
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:35,519
We got thousands of people
That guy, for example

612
01:00:35,720 --> 01:00:41,875
I noticed we was up there dancing,
and asked the 2nd unit guy to grab it

613
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:45,789
The people run all the way down,
as far as you can see

614
01:00:46,000 --> 01:00:49,231
At the end of the shot we had a crane
As it came up, -

615
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,477
- we realised
there were thousands of people

616
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:58,835
They came from all over the immediate
area, and thought it was a real event

617
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:04,114
We used lots of local talent
This was a dance group we used

618
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:11,396
We held open auditions for people
who did interesting things Like him

619
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:19,028
That's my prop man

620
01:01:19,240 --> 01:01:22,152
These were triplet lawyers

621
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:34,634
That's a Chagall mosaic I tried to show
as much of the city's art as possible

622
01:01:34,840 --> 01:01:38,913
The window cleaner
was one of our people

623
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:43,796
These were just real people
singing along with the song

624
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:46,833
It was a wonderful day

625
01:02:03,760 --> 01:02:07,799
This is in Los Angeles,
shot quite some time later

626
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:16,676
Paul McCartney said in an interview
that he didn't like the horns on this, -

627
01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:22,273
- and that, if they'd wanted horns, they
bloody well would have put them in

628
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:26,189
I felt really bad
because I had offended a Beatle

629
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:30,029
But it wasn't really part of the song

630
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:34,597
We saw a band
and we needed to hear the instruments

631
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:40,511
So I'm sorry I offended him,
but it put the song back on the charts

632
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:45,714
It was the first time in years a Beatles
song was on the "Billboard" charts

633
01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:52,590
I think Matthew was really driven
by the crowd

634
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:53,835
That little thing where he fell back
He missed his cue and almost fell

635
01:02:57,360 --> 01:03:01,239
This is Louie Anderson I don't think
Louie's ever forgiven me for this

636
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:07,959
That was his role
I had to cut it out

637
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:14,759
So now Rooney is accepting deliveries
at the Bueller house

638
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:19,988
That was just a little ad lib
I wanted to have something, -

639
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:25,149
- and I thought the "shave and
a haircut" thing was kind of nice

640
01:03:27,720 --> 01:03:30,871
This was the town I grew up in

641
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:34,755
I don't know why, but they let us
paint on their water tower

642
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:39,192
It was there for a while A lot of people
remember this If you go to this town -

643
01:03:39,400 --> 01:03:44,713
- and ask what was painted on the
water tower, they'll say "Save Ferris"

644
01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:48,276
This, of course
No animals were hurt

645
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:52,951
It's hard to get them
to lay down like that, though

646
01:04:07,040 --> 01:04:10,953
She discovers what she already knew
I enjoyed -

647
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:14,197
- taking two pursuers and putting

648
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:22,034
They miss the prey but attack each
other, which I thought was fun to do

649
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,952
Jeanie's just awful to everybody

650
01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:32,712
If you don't give her what she wants
or say what she wants you to say, -

651
01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:35,832
- she mistreats you

652
01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:39,715
Now he's really crossed the line
because now he's in the house

653
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:52,752
Of course she thinks it's Ferris
It's a little cat-and-mouse game

654
01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:58,838
This was all shot
in that same house in Long Beach

655
01:04:59,040 --> 01:05:05,718
A little tight, but the floor plan
worked really well for the picture

656
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:17,758
There's a little fly here We saw
the fly and added the fly sound

657
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:27,039
It was an accident, but it was nice to
have a fly chase him, in his condition

658
01:05:32,800 --> 01:05:38,272
We sped that up just a little bit,
because she didn't run fast enough

659
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:51,354
This was nice a nice shot

660
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:57,078
We originally shot in super 35,
wide-screen I was able to do all this

661
01:05:57,280 --> 01:06:02,149
in one, without any scanning

662
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:08,356
But in television versions
it had to be recomposed

663
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:26,558
The licence on this was "Nervous"

664
01:06:26,760 --> 01:06:32,995
I milked those licence-plate jokes
pretty hard in the 80's

665
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:37,034
I liked to detail things
as much as I could

666
01:06:37,240 --> 01:06:44,396
We couldn't use the garage's name,
so we made it A1-EZ OK Park

667
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:58,118
This is not a phoney phone call
There's an intruder:

668
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:03,440
Male, Caucasian, possibly armed,
certainly weird, in my kitchen

669
01:07:03,640 --> 01:07:07,952
My name is Bueller

670
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:12,438
It's nice that you hope my brother
is feeling better, but I'm in danger

671
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:15,950
It's hard to play one-sided phone calls

672
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:20,472
She did a really good job of making it
appear as if she's talking to somebody

673
01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:24,958
She was probably talking to me
I usually do the other side

674
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:32,714
This is Charlie Sheen's character

675
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:36,754
There was a little bit more
to do with his family

676
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:42,080
I had to lose it because of the shuttle
stuff His dad owned the tow company

677
01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:56,756
The tissue in the nose was a
cheap joke, but I thought it was funny

678
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:05,435
I thought he would have developed
a hole in his pocket by now

679
01:08:05,640 --> 01:08:12,557
It was necessary for him to leave some
evidence that he was in the house

680
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:16,469
This is a really sad, pathetic shot here

681
01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:21,834
It reminded me of an old 30's
"The Little Rascals" or something

682
01:08:24,920 --> 01:08:28,071
The end of one, with the guy
running down the road, chasing the car

683
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:31,556
This is a very pretty shot
down Michigan Avenue

684
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:39,876
Cameron is very relaxed here

685
01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:44,392
He's got the car back,
everything seems to be going fine

686
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:48,309
Matthew's beginning to notice
that there's a problem here

687
01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:52,916
Cameron, of course,
remembers exactly how many miles

688
01:08:55,800 --> 01:08:58,633
That's a nice little camera-take

689
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:01,638
We had a really hard time doing this

690
01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:08,791
It was very bright and it was
painful for him to keep his eyes open

691
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:11,833
This took a while

692
01:09:29,480 --> 01:09:35,715
This is really just another attempt
on his part to get some attention

693
01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:48,076
God bless the police
I'm saved

694
01:09:48,280 --> 01:09:53,593
Here we get a little hint
of her religious convictions

695
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:02,031
That's Louie again

696
01:10:05,760 --> 01:10:09,912
This scene was supposed to be done
down at the beach, -

697
01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:17,310
- but the surf was pretty bad The pier
we were going to use was underwater

698
01:10:17,520 --> 01:10:26,519
So we had to redo it,
bring it up to this bluff

699
01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:29,393
It was very windy

700
01:10:29,600 --> 01:10:34,628
It was early on, and Matthew was
uncomfortable talking to the camera

701
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:41,393
He would see his reflection,
it was like working in a mirror, -

702
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:44,797
- which was distracting
It was difficult to do

703
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,913
We were both feeling our way
through this technique

704
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:54,831
I discovered that when he looked
at the camera, he couldn't look away

705
01:10:55,040 --> 01:10:58,749
When looks away,
he breaks the illusion

706
01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:03,875
To make and break the illusion
was really distracting

707
01:11:04,080 --> 01:11:08,551
Here he had to stare up into the sky,
which is hard I didn't want him to blink

708
01:11:08,760 --> 01:11:16,394
She's very tender with him here
I think he's enjoying her attention

709
01:11:16,600 --> 01:11:24,109
But my discomfort with this scene, and
Matthew's, I think worked ultimately

710
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:28,154
This actually happened
to a friend of mine

711
01:11:28,360 --> 01:11:32,114
The story's about a guy I know

712
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:48,837
You can see him wincing a bit there,
because he's looking right into the sun

713
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:51,713
This is Ferris's therapy, -

714
01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:59,110
- which is to help Cameron, but to do it
somewhere where he can also relax

715
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:17,878
We never identified where this was
or whose house this was

716
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:22,073
I always presumed
it was just someone else's house

717
01:12:22,280 --> 01:12:26,239
It certainly wasn't Matthew's house
or Cameron's house

718
01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:30,115
They just stopped
and used someone's jacuzzi

719
01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:39,988
By looking up here he indicates
that he's doing this deliberately

720
01:13:00,040 --> 01:13:04,670
This is an example of them having
worked together a lot They play it well

721
01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:10,477
Cameron, wake up!
Hey, wake up!

722
01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:12,716
Oh, shit! Cameron!

723
01:13:12,920 --> 01:13:16,754
Come on, wake up!

724
01:13:19,240 --> 01:13:24,234
- What is that?
- Ferris Bueller, you're my hero

725
01:13:24,440 --> 01:13:29,798
He is genuinely angry here He really
does not like being one-upped

726
01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:36,348
Ferris is not really a nice guy

727
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:42,237
He's an interesting guy
He's not necessarily virtuous

728
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:50,637
This was maybe the best day
I had making this picture

729
01:13:50,840 --> 01:13:54,753
I really enjoyed shooting this scene

730
01:13:54,960 --> 01:13:58,350
I worked with Charlie's brother
on "Breakfast Club"

731
01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:02,473
It was very similar
to working with Emilio

732
01:14:04,400 --> 01:14:11,078
He was very good in this scene
Very subtle, very flat He looked great

733
01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:18,709
And it's Jeanie with someone that
she would never look at otherwise

734
01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:24,199
She's getting advice from him,
and everything he says to her is right

735
01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:44,156
We made him up to look slightly sickly,
not a lot of colour in his face

736
01:14:50,440 --> 01:14:53,716
There's a wonderful
vocal quality in this

737
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:56,673
They really worked together well

738
01:14:56,880 --> 01:15:02,716
There was no rehearsal on them
He was just hired for the day, -

739
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:08,677
- so they didn't have much time
to work on this

740
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:19,474
They might have worked together
before There was a nice chemistry

741
01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:33,436
Part of Ferris's character

742
01:15:33,640 --> 01:15:41,320
He dealt with everybody equally,
so he can be as close with this guy -

743
01:15:41,520 --> 01:15:48,437
- as he can with Cameron
His friends were from everywhere -

744
01:15:48,640 --> 01:15:52,997
- in that high school social strata

745
01:15:57,000 --> 01:16:01,391
Spend more time dealing with yourself,
and less worrying about your brother

746
01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:09,154
It's painful to get advice from
someone who you think is below you

747
01:16:09,360 --> 01:16:15,276
She's really very rude to him,
and it doesn't bother him at all

748
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:40,550
This doesn't work
It would be a wonderful thing if it did

749
01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:44,673
It would've saved a lot of my friends,
when I was young

750
01:16:44,880 --> 01:16:47,792
But running the car in reverse
doesn't work

751
01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:54,189
By the time we were shooting this
sequence, it was around October, -

752
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:59,918
- so every day, before shooting,
we had to paint all these leaves green, -

753
01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:03,237
- and be very careful
we didn't knock them off

754
01:17:03,440 --> 01:17:06,113
This is a nice moment

755
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:11,314
This says a lot
about high-school friendship

756
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:15,274
It's so painful when he says,
"What are we going to do next year?"

757
01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:20,508
These three
have a really close relationship

758
01:17:21,960 --> 01:17:30,675
It appears as though there's a certain
maturity to these three relationships

759
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:35,479
Cameron mentions that they've
known each other since fifth grade

760
01:17:35,680 --> 01:17:40,037
So I'm sure that she knew, -

761
01:17:40,240 --> 01:17:43,755
- when she started dating Ferris, -

762
01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:47,589
- that she was
going to get Cameron, too

763
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:51,395
That's a very nice moment from Alan, -

764
01:17:51,600 --> 01:17:56,879
- where he has to admit, in expression,
that he watched her undress

765
01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:09,950
We got this house It was actually
a place where a guy kept his cars

766
01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:13,118
It was built over a ravine
in Illinois

767
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:20,237
We feared that breaking one of
the window panes, as we'd have to, -

768
01:18:20,440 --> 01:18:26,197
<i>- would affect the structural integrity of
the building, breaking all the windows</i>

769
01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:31,838
And these windows had aged, so a
new piece of glass would be obvious

770
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:38,275
So we had to remove all of the glass
and replace it with new glass, -

771
01:18:38,480 --> 01:18:43,759
- so that, when we were done, we could
put back the original glass, not break it

772
01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:50,149
So it was complicated negotiations,
but it was important

773
01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:55,718
It's very unusual to find
a steel and glass Miesian building -

774
01:18:55,920 --> 01:19:00,471
- in the woods, over a ravine
It was an absolutely perfect location

775
01:19:00,680 --> 01:19:06,630
Ned knew the guy who owned the
house, because he collected Ferraris

776
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:11,960
So they had something in common,
and we didn't have any problems

777
01:19:13,680 --> 01:19:18,879
Here's Cameron realising
that he has to stand for something, -

778
01:19:19,080 --> 01:19:22,993
- that he can't continue
to be pushed around

779
01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:26,636
That was quite a good
dramatic moment

780
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:34,078
He's quite a volatile character
He's got a lot of anger and frustration

781
01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:40,958
He doesn't speak his mind, then whips
himself for not doing what he wants to

782
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:43,628
It builds up a lot of aggression in him

783
01:19:43,840 --> 01:19:48,356
The car has really come to symbolise
his alienation from his father

784
01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:57,789
He sees his father's the care he takes
with this car not with his son

785
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:03,518
That decision to kick the car
is life-changing for him

786
01:20:07,560 --> 01:20:12,031
You see not only
how frustrated and angry he is, -

787
01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:19,510
- but how strong he is, in a way
He knows now he's gone too far

788
01:20:19,720 --> 01:20:25,317
This will define his relationship
with his father for the rest of his life

789
01:20:27,320 --> 01:20:33,077
He's lost his temper We saw him lose
his temper earlier, with his own car

790
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:39,116
Now he's vented all his anger
on this extremely valuable car

791
01:20:42,440 --> 01:20:50,028
Now he feels guilty He realises what
he's done and how much it will hurt

792
01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:53,835
But he's still willing to take it

793
01:20:54,040 --> 01:20:59,194
He's not backing off
He's taken a stand

794
01:21:01,280 --> 01:21:05,592
This is the only thing
that Ferris hasn't anticipated

795
01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:10,351
He probably thought that Cameron
would get caught taking the car, -

796
01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:16,078
- and that he'd deal with it,
as he should He'd have to confront it

797
01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:21,149
But I don't think he realised
he would go this far

798
01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:27,314
And now he's made it much worse

799
01:21:30,680 --> 01:21:33,399
We hoped the car
would clear the building

800
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:38,515
We feared the impact would
slow the car, that it would fall out, -

801
01:21:38,720 --> 01:21:42,793
- but it actually shot out
of the building -

802
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:46,390
- and flew over the mark
that we had hoped for

803
01:21:46,600 --> 01:21:53,631
Fortunately it hit a fence, which kept it
from going over to another property

804
01:21:57,400 --> 01:22:00,870
The town made us protect the ravine, -

805
01:22:01,080 --> 01:22:06,029
- so every little seedling
had to be protected

806
01:22:06,240 --> 01:22:10,279
We put down burlap, cut holes, and put
the seedlings and trees through it, -

807
01:22:10,480 --> 01:22:15,270
- so that we could remove all the glass
We didn't leave a single piece of glass

808
01:22:15,480 --> 01:22:19,473
The ravine was left
exactly as we had found it

809
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:24,356
It's kind of a scary shot,
dollying up to this hole

810
01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:29,509
Again, this was all composed
for wide-screen

811
01:22:29,720 --> 01:22:34,555
We also didn't know
what a replica car was going to do

812
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:40,518
when it hit
We didn't know if it was going to split

813
01:22:40,720 --> 01:22:44,793
We used a metal body, so it would bend
rather than shatter, like fibreglass

814
01:22:45,000 --> 01:22:50,791
You can see in that window
how advanced autumn was

815
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:56,279
Those leaves have fully turned colour,
at the top they're gone

816
01:22:56,480 --> 01:23:01,600
This was shot later We didn't need to
paint the ravine This was all painted

817
01:23:04,320 --> 01:23:09,030
Cameron, it's my fault I'll take the heat
for it We'll wait for your father -

818
01:23:09,240 --> 01:23:12,516
- and I'll tell him I did it
He hates me anyway

819
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:18,909
This is the first time we see Ferris
frightened This is beyond his control

820
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:24,433
Now he's morally obligated
to solve the situation he set up

821
01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:28,599
The change in Cameron's character
comes when he rejects that

822
01:23:28,800 --> 01:23:35,638
When the car flew out, he was very
frightened Now he finds his strength

823
01:23:35,840 --> 01:23:41,153
I think they have their friendship
He's accomplished the day

824
01:23:41,360 --> 01:23:45,114
If he didn't know exactly
what the day was going to mean, -

825
01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:52,078
- he put in motion circumstances
that have led to this

826
01:23:52,280 --> 01:23:57,718
He knew it involved Cameron
Since it was near graduation, -

827
01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:03,392
- their relationship would change, and
he had something to fix in Cameron

828
01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:10,119
He didn't know the specifics, but set up
circumstances so he could deal with it

829
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:16,429
It was nice to leave Jeanie furious
with this guy, ready to punch him, -

830
01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:22,112
- and then come back and see that,
in that time, she's fallen for him

831
01:24:23,640 --> 01:24:27,997
When it played in the theatres,
I was surprised people got that

832
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:32,955
When they first kissed
You saw it in the background there

833
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:42,712
She gives a nice look to Charlie Sheen

834
01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:46,196
A nice, motherly look

835
01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:49,870
A great look of anger and disgust

836
01:24:50,080 --> 01:24:58,317
She's embarrassed She played hard,
now her mother treats her like a child

837
01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:05,236
This is the first time you see
any innocence from her at all

838
01:25:05,440 --> 01:25:11,231
There's a softness in her, which really
came from somebody listening to her

839
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:23,277
It's a key thing Her problem is that
she's uncomfortable with herself

840
01:25:23,480 --> 01:25:26,995
She isn't happy with herself
or her name, -

841
01:25:27,200 --> 01:25:31,273
- so she uses a pseudonym

842
01:25:31,480 --> 01:25:36,429
It's a nice thing in the score
The voices in the background -

843
01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:42,795
- begin singing "Shauna, Jeanie",
which I thought was a nice touch

844
01:25:55,960 --> 01:26:02,149
I like the maturity of their relationship
They seem like a married couple

845
01:26:02,360 --> 01:26:06,273
Their romance is something deeper

846
01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:11,197
It's not really teenager

847
01:26:11,400 --> 01:26:15,313
It doesn't have the urgency
of early teenage romances

848
01:26:15,520 --> 01:26:18,592
They're very comfortable
with each other

849
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:28,714
I think she enjoyed this scene

850
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:32,629
I don't know about him

851
01:26:43,880 --> 01:26:46,553
Now this is just the chase

852
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:57,878
We shot this all over the place
This took forever

853
01:26:58,080 --> 01:27:01,038
We were chasing the weather

854
01:27:01,240 --> 01:27:07,156
Some of it was done in California,
some in various suburbs of Chicago

855
01:27:07,360 --> 01:27:14,471
I had three sisters growing up I know
all about mother-daughter arguments

856
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:22,232
This is extremely
and deliberately contrived, -

857
01:27:22,440 --> 01:27:28,675
- that they should meet eye-to-eye
She's in the car, he's on foot

858
01:27:37,400 --> 01:27:42,918
These are the backyards I used
these houses in "She's Having a Baby"

859
01:27:46,080 --> 01:27:52,474
"16 Candles" and "Uncle Buck" were
basically shot in this neighbourhood

860
01:27:54,840 --> 01:27:57,593
They're beautiful houses

861
01:28:08,040 --> 01:28:12,511
This oblivious father

862
01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:18,670
They should be facing the other way,
but we were running out of light

863
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:29,993
Like I said,
it was a very contrived scene

864
01:28:36,160 --> 01:28:41,234
This song I didn't want to do
a score It was a long sequence, -

865
01:28:41,440 --> 01:28:46,833
- and I didn't have any ideas, so I
was looking for songs that could play

866
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:49,793
There you can see a palm tree,
which drove me nuts

867
01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:54,039
A palm frond that was cut off
so it didn't show in the movie, -

868
01:28:54,240 --> 01:28:58,472
- then they put it in a trash bin
and set it in the shot

869
01:28:58,680 --> 01:29:03,993
I found a song by The English Beat
It was a twelve-inch dance remix

870
01:29:04,200 --> 01:29:11,356
I'd been a big ska fan
in the 70's and early 80's

871
01:29:11,560 --> 01:29:16,111
I found this song It was the right length
and the right feel

872
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:19,949
We just licensed it and used it here

873
01:29:20,920 --> 01:29:24,037
I needed something
that was going to drive this scene

874
01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:31,430
It wasn't a high-speed chase, no stunts,
so I needed something with drive to it

875
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:36,589
This was a really contrived moment
They both look right at each other

876
01:29:36,800 --> 01:29:42,477
So it was vital that he, up to now,
played an oblivious suburban dad

877
01:29:42,680 --> 01:29:46,355
This is a nice scene,
he actually ran through this house

878
01:29:48,240 --> 01:29:53,189
A lot of this we made up as we went
along I knew I needed a chase

879
01:29:53,400 --> 01:29:57,188
In the script, I probably just said
that he runs home

880
01:29:57,400 --> 01:30:02,520
We added these bits as we went along
This is in Long Beach

881
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:11,473
I did this under
an overcranked shot, -

882
01:30:11,680 --> 01:30:19,360
- so that I could really
time things precisely

883
01:30:19,560 --> 01:30:25,157
If I had him hanging in the air, it
bought me a little time A cheap trick

884
01:30:48,000 --> 01:30:50,958
I kind of liked that

885
01:30:51,160 --> 01:30:57,315
he's gone so mad, he's hiding in the
bushes, waiting for him to come home

886
01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:22,670
How would you feel
about another year of high school -

887
01:31:22,880 --> 01:31:28,796
- under my
close, personal supervision?

888
01:31:31,840 --> 01:31:35,435
Thank God you're all right
We've been worried sick about you

889
01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:41,795
And the sister comes to rescue him,
which is the idea that

890
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:46,312
you can say what you want about
your brother, but no one else can

891
01:31:46,520 --> 01:31:50,832
She's not going to let Rooney
walk off with her brother

892
01:31:51,040 --> 01:31:53,838
And she's learned a few things
from Charlie Sheen

893
01:31:54,040 --> 01:32:00,388
That was a nice camera-take This is
a great moment That little cough

894
01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:12,558
Jeanie's learned something about

895
01:32:12,760 --> 01:32:19,711
She probably will not go to school
after this, several times

896
01:32:19,920 --> 01:32:22,559
She's certainly got the genes

897
01:32:25,840 --> 01:32:28,718
And he's back to the dog again

898
01:32:31,920 --> 01:32:35,071
The idea here was to do
a very heavy score, -

899
01:32:35,280 --> 01:32:39,398
- as if it were the end
of some war movie -

900
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:44,549
- and the bridge is about to blow up,
and the train is coming

901
01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:48,548
All he's doing is getting in bed What
happens if he gets caught? Nothing

902
01:32:48,760 --> 01:32:54,198
We thought it was funny
to play it so hard

903
01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:57,790
All these little parts had to match up

904
01:32:58,000 --> 01:33:02,391
He's got to turn the music off The
baseball that he catches, the foul ball

905
01:33:09,320 --> 01:33:13,871
I got that nice picture
of Bryan Ferry behind him

906
01:33:20,800 --> 01:33:25,078
It worked very nicely for him,
the running and sweating

907
01:33:25,280 --> 01:33:30,274
He appears to have a fever, so he may
not go to school tomorrow, either

908
01:33:34,200 --> 01:33:38,079
Now he's slipping back
into being the little boy

909
01:33:38,280 --> 01:33:43,149
There's a nice little thing he does here,
with the "blankie"

910
01:33:48,560 --> 01:33:54,192
- How'd you get to be so sweet?
- Years of practice

911
01:34:03,480 --> 01:34:05,789
The blankie

912
01:34:07,720 --> 01:34:13,272
I mean, he's six there,
and it's just what they want

913
01:34:13,480 --> 01:34:17,029
He bites his finger here

914
01:34:17,240 --> 01:34:19,595
Matthew's very good at this

915
01:34:19,800 --> 01:34:23,839
This might have been the last day,
or very close to it

916
01:34:43,400 --> 01:34:46,790
When this played in the theatres

917
01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:52,518
This was the point where people
That beautiful smile

918
01:34:52,720 --> 01:34:56,076
Just as the fade began,
people started to stand up

919
01:34:56,280 --> 01:34:59,955
And then this came on, and they
thought it was just a title sequence

920
01:35:00,160 --> 01:35:03,232
Some would continue out,
some would stand

921
01:35:03,440 --> 01:35:06,159
Then they realised it wasn't over yet

922
01:35:06,360 --> 01:35:10,319
This sequence had actually come in
a little earlier

923
01:35:10,520 --> 01:35:13,318
I thought it would be interesting -

924
01:35:13,520 --> 01:35:20,278
- to really not end the picture
where you thought it would

925
01:35:20,480 --> 01:35:27,113
And there's nothing worse
for a school administrator -

926
01:35:27,320 --> 01:35:31,518
- than to have to ride the bus
with the kids, -

927
01:35:31,720 --> 01:35:36,236
- and suffer the humiliations
that they have to suffer themselves

928
01:35:36,440 --> 01:35:40,911
And what could be stranger
for a kid on the late bus -

929
01:35:41,120 --> 01:35:45,398
- than to look up
and see the dean of students, -

930
01:35:45,600 --> 01:35:49,957
- regardless of the condition
he's in here, get on your bus?

931
01:35:50,160 --> 01:35:55,473
It was a wonderful moment of

932
01:35:55,680 --> 01:35:59,150
They had this thing between them

933
01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:03,831
They both were startled
that this was happening

934
01:36:04,040 --> 01:36:10,798
That the teacher was on the bus,
humiliated to have to ride with them

935
01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:18,916
I never rode a bus in high school
I was too terrified

936
01:36:19,120 --> 01:36:23,591
I went four years without ever
getting in a bus Even field trips

937
01:36:23,800 --> 01:36:28,316
These were all real kids

938
01:36:28,520 --> 01:36:31,557
We shot the interiors
and it started to rain, -

939
01:36:31,760 --> 01:36:38,598
- so we finished
two months later in Burbank

940
01:36:47,520 --> 01:36:50,193
We had this girl's glasses made for her

941
01:36:50,400 --> 01:36:54,791
They were so thick
They distorted her vision so badly -

942
01:36:55,000 --> 01:36:58,390
- that I think she got sick
She was nauseous all the time

943
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:03,196
They weighed a lot, so she had to hold
her head so they wouldn't slide down

944
01:37:03,400 --> 01:37:09,157
I told her that she had a cold I wanted
her to offer him her gummi bears, -

945
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:12,670
- having just rubbed her nose

946
01:37:17,160 --> 01:37:20,470
She's struggling to keep those glasses
from sliding down her nose

947
01:37:27,040 --> 01:37:30,635
I don't think he even knows
what a gummi bear is

948
01:37:33,280 --> 01:37:37,717
You really see here, he hates kids
He just hates them

949
01:37:40,280 --> 01:37:47,197
And now he's right in the belly
of the thing He's right inside of it

950
01:37:59,920 --> 01:38:06,473
It was nice that the bus wasn't in good
shape It shook as it pulled away

951
01:38:06,680 --> 01:38:14,837
Now the people that were heading
for the door stopped and turned back

952
01:38:15,040 --> 01:38:18,476
Also, people were coming in
from the lobby, -

953
01:38:18,680 --> 01:38:22,832
- when they heard
that the movie wasn't over

954
01:38:23,040 --> 01:38:26,715
The studio also had no idea
what this footage was in dailies

955
01:38:26,920 --> 01:38:30,276
They checked the script
and had no idea what was going on

956
01:38:30,480 --> 01:38:36,430
I thought it was important that Ferris
get everybody at the end of the movie

957
01:38:36,640 --> 01:38:42,272
He's made fools of all of us