That literally just blew my mind. I can't even look at that movie the same anymore!

I hate it when people misuse the word 'literally'. If your mind was 'literally' blown, then your frigging brains would be on the wall.

I hate assholes who pick on little details all day..

i just hate "literal" ass holes

Would explain the staring at the painting scene!

really? anyone else think that this is really stupid. no offense, but i dont think john hughes intended such a deep meaning to this classic flick.
dum dum dum dum dum dum

your right i dont think john hughes intended this specific kind of deep meaning but i do believe that the characters and story are based on archetypes and escapism ( ie. ferris randomly getting to sing in the middle of a parade). Ferris embodies the confidence, charisma, good looks, and spontaneity that many young men wish they had, while cameron is the self-conscious adolescent that i think most people identify with. thus its not a huge leap when considering this theory because we would just be adding another layer of fiction on top of the existent fictional framework of the film.

also, the climax of the film occurs when cameron decides to stand up to his father and take the blame for the car. cameron is the only one who experiences a major change in the film while the other characters are fairly flat and continue their lives the same as before. its interesting that the climax isnt centered around ferris who most people view as the protagonist.

I think the whole movie is imagined by Ben Stein

Actually, if you follow this train of thought, it's more in keeping with "the Love song of J Alfred Prufrock"

Literary theory has it that one valid interpretation of Eliot's poem is that the speaker is so paralized with indecision that he never leaves his room and just imagines all of the images he talks about in the poem.

What if Cameron NEVER left the bed, but instead imagines everything? A fiction within a fiction.

Eh, I don't buy either interpretation. but this creeped me out:

[youtube RkolsjnTutc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkolsjnTutc youtube]

hahaha

Ferris lives too far out of Cameron's view for this. Everything with the principle and Ferris' family would not work under this theory. It is also from Ferris' POV, which would not work.

...so is Ferris Tyler Durden?

Unless Ferris' family is actually Cameron's family, or at least what he wishes his family could be. This would work because we never actually see Cameron's "real" parents.

You are a moron. Everyone knows that the theory does not work. The point is to have some fun thinking about it. Please do not point out the obvious as though everyone else is stupid.

Uh, Whatever. Square.

So all of the other students and teachers at school know Ferris and talk to him even though he is imaginary? How could that woman think that "he's a righteous dude" without him existing? How could the principal sneak into Ferris's house if he doesn't exist? With just a momentary thought of one or two scenes in the movie, it is pretty easy to discount this theory.

You nailed it... There's no intelligence that went behind this theory at all.

Could be that all those are part of the imaginated story made by cameron. or maybe Ferris is real, but the day of is not.

none of it exists, its called a movie, and guess what dude, it came from someone's imagination!

have you even seen Fight Club???

Right....This theory applies in some cases and not in others. So it isn't applicable.

I concur

you obviously have no imagination and don't understand how to let reality go and simply enjoy a movie.

The same way that several characters talk about Tyler Durden throughout fight club.

Yes, but nobody talks about the main character (who you'll notice, doesn't have a name).

so what if he dosnt have a name. we can call him jack as he refers to himself somewhat from the papers he saw in the house.

Like the author said, Cameron's imagining the whole thing alone in his bed. "He's a righteous dude" or the principal event never happened.

Maybe they'll use this concept for the Ferris Bueller remake that they'll announce next week.

The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory is invalidated by the Charlie Sheen x-factor.

Undeniable genius, absolutely brilliant.

did Cameron also imagine Ferris' sister? I don't know about this one...

Me? I think Fight Club blows and you should stop trying to find ways to ruin other movies with it.

fight clb is an amazing movie... your probably to ignorant to see all of the metaphors that movies contains... and just saw a twist. so get smarter kiddo

Oh, you're one of those "fight club is so deep" guys. You're either a high-schooler, a fratboy/jock at some shitty state college, or some blue-collar cretin. I have no idea why there are still thousands of people like you left in 2009, but its a tragedy nonetheless.
Seriously: "your probably to ignorant to see all of the metaphors that movies contains." Do you realize that people are reading this and laughing at you? Go back to YouTube.

Oh so you're one of those "I don't like fight club therefore anyone who does must be an an idiot beneath my social status because no one worthy of respect could possibly like something that I do not like" guys. You're either a high school outcast that's never been laid, a nerd/geek at some shitty community college, or some white collar morn. I have no idea why self righteous pricks like you are still around in twenty aught nine, but it's pathetic none the less.
Seriously: Do you realize how idiotic you sound?

please do not feed the troll

Should I stop feeding your mother?

I love this theory btw.

hahah he's right

Good Idea but as brain states above it wouldn't work on certain levels. BUT! you could put together a pretty decent spoof trailer based on this theory.

Geoffree you are an IDIOT! fight club blows?? um no it doesnt, your mother on the hand......now she blows just fine.

anyhoo good theory in principle, but as many on this page have pointed out, theres just too many scenes that wouldnt add up.

Bleurgh has the right idea, a trailer spoof of this could be really good.

A 'mom' joke? Really? I must have slipped back into 2002.
But serious, though, fight club is great.

A "slipping back in time" joke? really? I must have slipped back into the 90's, but seriously, yes, Fight Club is fuckin A.

Haha...well played

fuck a B it has more holes

F ing right, Fight Club was a good movie.

All this amounts to is some dude's hack-cocked, pot-induced idea on how to come up with something clever that isn't actually well thought-out. Sure, you could stretch and say it's possible, but then you have to get past the fact that:

a. there is a lot you have to ignore or REALLY explain away
b. there is no basic evidence that points to this in the first place

Sounds a lot like Christianity.

It's an interesting idea but couldn't you just say "one character imagines the day's events" for any movie? The twist of him longing after Sloane and giving her a happy ending is a nice one but this theory would be better if 1) the events actually happened and they were forced to explain how and 2) There was a believable love triangle within the film between Sloan Cameron and Ferris. Her CHOOSING Ferris in that scenario would make that happy ending twist that much better.

I think this theory can be applied to almost anything. Examples:

Let's say that Obi Wan Kenobi was a figment of Luke's imagination in Star Wars. After having his first real adventure away from home he doesn't need him anymore and he imagines Darth Vader killing him. Obi Wan only shows up when he is in his most defeated states from then on, and Luke has to justify this my imagining Obi Wan as a ghost.

Indiana Jones never went on any crazy adventures, they were all in the head of this boring college instructor, which is why he never has anything to show for it at the end.

Kermit is the only real Muppet. Everyone else - Fozzy, Gonzo, Piggy are all splinters of his personality which he see's because he has been mistreated by society for so long and felt so alone for being a giant talking frog.

Roger Murtaugh has been on the straight and narrow for so long and one day he snaps, imagining a crazy new partner for himself named Martin Riggs. Riggs seems to have no fear and doesn't play by the book.

You could reverse it too.

Drop Dead Fred was a real.

Tyler Durden was real, the narrator just snapped and convinced himself that Tyler wasn't because of the envy he had built up.

It's funny to think of a movie liek this way, from a differnt POV - but this "logic" can be applied to anything as long as you ignore or don't accept anything that contradicts your theory. You see the way it goes down on film, unless it's left intentionally "vague" (Pan's Labyrinth, Contact) the way you saw it on screen is the way it happened.