I recently re-watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off and rediscovered my love for it. I watched it once when I was younger, but the person I was watching it with hated it, so I didn't get to appreciate it fully.
There are some really good quotes and messages within the film, and it's great to see a good film where young people are rebelling against the organised structure of life.
There's one specific scene in the film where Ferris Bueller's friend Cameron has a breakdown and starts to destroy his dad's car as a symbol of him standing up for himself.
The scene has this magnificent use of silence which echoes the shock of the characters and the audience.
The silence really helps to drive the message into the audience of how tiring it is to conform and live by the rules made by other people. Ferris Bueller's Day Off really emphasises the idea of living for yourself, rather than be manipulated by other people.
It does this in a brilliant way as Ferris, Sloane and Cameron are viewed as the "good guys" whereas the principal of their school is seen as the enemy. At the end of the film, Ed Rooney (the principal) is seen staggering down the road in ripped, bloody clothes after being gloriously defeated by the youth.
There is a part of Ferris Bueller in everyone, wanting to break free from restrictions and rebel and Bueller lives this dream.
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