moment
He's quite a volatile character
He's got a lot of anger and frustration
He doesn't speak his mind, then whips
himself for not doing what he wants to
It builds up a lot of aggression in him
The car has really come to symbolise
his alienation from his father
He sees his father's the care he takes
with this car not with his son
That decision to kick the car
is life-changing for him
You see not only
how frustrated and angry he is, -
- but how strong he is, in a way
He knows now he's gone too far
This will define his relationship
with his father for the rest of his life
He's lost his temper We saw him lose
his temper earlier, with his own car
Now he's vented all his anger
on this extremely valuable car
Now he feels guilty He realises what
he's done and how much it will hurt
But he's still willing to take it
He's not backing off
He's taken a stand
This is the only thing
that Ferris hasn't anticipated
He probably thought that Cameron
would get caught taking the car, -
- and that he'd deal with it,
as he should He'd have to confront it
But I don't think he realised
he would go this far
And now he's made it much worse
We hoped the car
would clear the building
We feared the impact would
slow the car, that it would fall out, -
- but it actually shot out
of the building -
- and flew over the mark
that we had hoped for
Fortunately it hit a fence, which kept it
from going over to another property
The town made us protect the ravine, -
- so every little seedling
had to be protected
We put down burlap, cut holes, and put
the seedlings and trees through it, -
- so that we could remove all the glass
We didn't leave a single piece of glass
The ravine was left
exactly as we had found it
It's kind of a scary shot,
dollying up to this hole
Again, this was all composed
for wide-screen
We also didn't know
what a replica car was going to do
when it hit
We didn't know if it was going to split
We used a metal body, so it would bend
rather than shatter, like fibreglass
You can see in that window
how advanced autumn was
Those leaves have fully turned colour,
at the top they're gone
This was shot later We didn't need to
paint the ravine This was all painted
Cameron, it's my fault I'll take the heat
for it We'll wait for your father -
- and I'll tell him I did it
He hates me anyway
This is the first time we see Ferris
frightened This is beyond his control
Now he's morally obligated
to solve the situation he set up
The change in Cameron's character
comes when he rejects that
When the car flew out, he was very
frightened Now he finds his strength
I think they have their friendship
He's accomplished the day
If he didn't know exactly
what the day was going to mean, -
- he put in motion circumstances
that have led to this
He knew it involved Cameron
Since it was near graduation, -
- their relationship would change, and
he had something to fix in Cameron
He didn't know the specifics, but set up
circumstances so he could deal with it
It was nice to leave Jeanie furious
with this guy, ready to punch him, -
- and then come back and see that,
in that time, she's fallen for him
When it played in the theatres,
I was surprised people got that
When they first kissed
You saw it in the background there
She gives a nice look to Charlie Sheen
A nice, motherly look
A great look of anger and disgust
She's embarrassed She played hard,
now her mother treats her like a child
This is the first time you see
any innocence from her at all
There's a softness in her, which really
came from somebody listening to her
It's a key thing Her problem is that
she's uncomfortable with herself
She isn't happy with herself
or her name, -
- so she uses a pseudonym
It's a nice thing in the score
The voices in the background -
- begin singing "Shauna, Jeanie",
which I thought was a nice touch
I like the maturity of their relationship
They seem like a married couple
Their