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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
film by Hughes [1986]
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12 Essential Brat Pack Flicks
- In 12 Essential Brat Pack Flicks: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off stars Matthew Broderick, another actor slighted as “not quite there” in Blum’s notorious article. But Broderick scored a big hit with this comedy about a teenage boy who calls in sick to school so he can…
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concept of the fourth wall
- In fourth wall
Films such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) and the series Fleabag (2016–19) were widely celebrated for their skillful use of the concept.
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discussed in biography
- In John Hughes
Hughes also found success with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), a movie famous for the lead character’s “breaking of the fourth wall,” looking straight into the camera and talking directly to the viewer, and a film he wrote, directed, and produced. Starring Matthew Broderick as a boisterous hooky-playing high-schooler, the…
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