Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Museum Scene HD

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[@nw2094]

Love how the kids are likely on their first field trip and the trio are kind of on their last.

[@Yickerman]

As if the scene couldn't have more flavor oh god you genius you

[@bethanyzamora1146]

@@Yickerman oh hey an Omori profile pic, right?

[@Yickerman]

@@bethanyzamora1146 Game's dropping on Christmas. Super hyped

[@Tism_me_timbers]

fuck man why'd you have to go and say that

[@emcfilms9282]

I never thought of it that way wow

[@Some1ne]

John Hughes (1986) "The closer he looks at the child, the less he sees. But the more he looks at, there's nothing there. I think he fears that the more you look at him the less you see. There isn't anything there. That's him"

[@borinakoune1803]

I tell you America would be a lot better and the world would be a lot better if John Hughes was still around. John Hughes wanted all people in his movies no matter their struggles to have their moment in the spotlight. You clearly saw that in many of his movies, like Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, and Some kind of wonderful. I wonder what John Hughes would say about 9/11. I respect his work tremendously.

[@arekkaloyan6894]

Someone what's the name of that painting

[@oh4539]

Thank you

[@Jim76]

"A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat, sometimes incorrectly called "A Sunday Afternoon in the Park."

[@Skier10]

@@matthewlawton9241…. what a fantastic analysis.. thank you for offering this to this scene.

[@lw3646]

This scene made me cry in the film, it's so beautiful and so unlike the rest of the film and its tone. There's no dialogue, just images, there's music but no words. No slapstick antics or zany jokes. John Hughes films were never sneering patronising comedys laughing at teenagers like so many today. He treated them like real people with hopes and dreams and flaws and fears.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

He was a pure artistic director.

[@cornflakegirl1718]

Same here.

[@markblunck2692]

Stanley Kubrick once noted that the most memorable film scenes are with stunning visuals and excellent music. Dialogue is seldom necessary. Seems like John Hughes pretty much perfected that approach at the Chicago Art Institute.

[@nancyandmels6496]

Beautifully articulated…😔

[@Mike.325]

Facts

[@xmachina1]

That scene at the end where he looks at the painting is genius. As mentioned by J. Hughes in an interview, here he realizes that the closer you look at the painting there is nothing; which is exactly what he thinks of himself.

[@CHICAGOWIND1981]

Great analysis!!! I wouldn't never thought of it like that.

[@reijiminato8762]

Very good interpretation

[@stevemcdaniell7348]

That’s word for word what John Hughes said during this scene in the dvd commentary. I’m guessing that’s how he thought of that.

[@mmmMatto]

He's staring into the face of a child with her mother, something he's never had from his emotionally absent parents. Something he wants so desperately that he just stares deeper and deeper into her soul. There is so much anguish and despair. The tortured look on his face in this scene is so haunting. This is one of my favourite 2 minutes in cinematic history.

[@declanfraney6372]

At least give John Hughes some credit for ripping the words right out of his mouth lol

[@cammo353]

This movie was really about Cameron tbh

[@reijiminato8762]

Decoy Protagonist trope. It was all a trick!!!

[@herbiegarbett3678]

ferris and cameron are the same person

[@joshc1981]

There is a theory that the film centers around cameron and ferris is just a figment of his imagination to go against his dad

[@bumaximous45]

@@herbiegarbett3678 Actually they are the total opposite of each other.

[@bumaximous45]

@@herbiegarbett3678 Actually they are the opposite of one another.

[@joshgrumiaux6820]

This scene captures the fleeting moment of adolescence, those last few moments we remember of high school before graduation and college. They pretend to be both children (holding hands in the line of kids on the school trip) and then adults (posing with their arms crossed, imitating what the other museum-goers are doing), but in truth they are neither children nor adults in this moment.

[@leosanchez3081]

Like a great movie said "too old to be a kid, too young to be a man"

[@discardmyfriends]

Interesting interpretation! I doubt that it was intended that way though

[@cocasurfboards]

Loved your take on it.

[@dougphillips2035]

Just them having a good time. People who say it’s about them leaving childhood and becoming adults are probably just boring people.

[@camerondiaztwin]

@@dougphillips2035 or maybe they're people who appreciate movies as art.

[@benmorgan8890]

There are movie scenes. Then there are iconic movie scenes. Then theres the museum scene from Ferris Buellers Day Off.

[@henriquealvesdeazevedo4679]

I totally agree with you!

[@idontcareaboutpcpolitics222]

This is what made the movie for me Its truly teens becoming adults

[@dafunkymonkee]

yes I can't explain why but I get emotional every time

[@idontcareaboutpcpolitics222]

@@dafunkymonkee power of seeing and not being told, also combined with the tone of the music It is soothing yet changes like how Cameron changes the more he sees and how the art works change The music of the ideal young yet naive bit innocent to the real world couple is far more soothing and relaxed and calm No words and body language leave it open to our emotional interpretation We feel a little of what Cameron feels because of our own experiences and experiences of others in these situations We see and feel Cameron's confusion and pain mixed with the bonding of these friends and how we envy Ferris and Sloane We envy their youth and happiness and remember how they felt at this litteral crossroads of life Confused and scarred yet loving the connections and bonds and envying their innocence of not knowing yet what life will really throw at them At the same time, younger crowds relate to this as they too would be innocent of what is to come in life, and contrast Cameron being moved by facing his inner fears and thus demons and despite being in fear and pain, realising that something is wrong and now acknowledging it's there and what it is the first step to both recovering and also adapting to new adult things as well as the calm of kissing a lover and being confused but content in a controlled way that despite adolescence angst they and also you the viewer at that younger age anyway are thinking of these things both sex and love and some thing more that makes you feel like an adult All this is in one well filmed scene

[@dafunkymonkee]

@@idontcareaboutpcpolitics222 I don't what to say other than thank you... your insight is really appreciated thank you for commenting, I wish you well in life

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

Cameron breaks my heart in this scene. He’s looking at all of these pictures of children and of their parents because it’s what he never had. His parents were too selfish to care for him and he wanted parents who would love him. The closer he looks at the pointillism, the less he sees, which is what he sees in himself. This scene always gets to me. I’m so used to John Hughes movies being hilarious but then he throws this into the mix and it’s just so beautiful.

[@riddlemethis2610]

Yes but...The painting he's looking at is all built up from dots. The more he looks into the painting, the less he sees. This is how Cameron feels about himself. He feels like he is nothing the more you look into him.

[@manuelorozco7760]

At least i am lucky to have parents who love me!

[@manuelorozco7760]

Riddle me this I never thought it that way before

[@coffee_singing2315]

Yes the fact that he’s focusing particularly on the face of the child is very meaningful and sad 😔

[@pjabrony8280]

The amazing thing is that his parents aren't even in the movie and are barely referred to, but his father is a key presence through the car.

[@HuggiMa]

I love how Ferris and Sloane kiss in front of the blue stained glass art...kind of like moonlight.

[@borinakoune1803]

Cameron should have a girlfriend too.

[@Dhananjuly]

Mine too

[@leia-jimathena5160]

borinakoune He doesn’t need a girlfriend, he needs to be happy and good with himself

[@mateusmarques3130]

Its a represetation of the night of van Gogh If you look closer

[@siddown5520]

😔🙏🏼

[@BananaMana69]

Its so strange when you're high on something crazy watching this movie with a friend just giggling at everything and laughing your assed off and then this scene happens and the whole mood changes like that.

[@francisalbert1799]

The majority of the movie is fun and chaotic and then this scene is like a little time out

[@casanovaconor8349]

i watched it off acid, imagine that fucking roller coaster

[@BananaMana69]

@@casanovaconor8349 Me too, it was insanity. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. This whole movie was such an experience on acid.

[@lw3646]

The scene is amazing and yes so unexpected. The whole tone of the film is very breezy and infantile then suddenly there's this. It's like finding a diamond on a beach full of pebbles.

[@thecolorgray6994]

My friend and I watched this and completely missed the tone of the scene we just thought it was funny how it was zooming in on his face but the scene is actually genius

[@flandequeso4847]

What an amazing scene. John Hughes knows exactly what he's doing.

[@borinakoune1803]

John Hughes movies tug at your heart. The man knew how to portray the innocence we all have, and we never want to let go.

[@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures]

He had a story he wanted to tell. Why I'm often (not always, but often) dissatisfied with movies now is that they are not stories somebody really wanted to tell. Bless you Hughes.

[@brianm2881]

I don't know of many writers/directors who've put out so much well-regarded work in such a short space of time. I mean, you have your directors like Tarantino and Scorsese who you know will give you a real quality film, but they'll take years to between each one. Hughes, for a straight decade, was just knocking out classic after classic.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I have seen Ferris, Uncle Buck, Home Alone 1/2, Miracle on 34th Street, Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. No particular favorite of the bunch

[@manuelorozco7760]

samplexample I pretend Home Alone 3 never happened

[@1superduck]

Just went to Chicago to visit and this was the first place i went...it was really awe inspiring to see art made hundreds of years ago. I made it Ferris.....30 some odd years later but i made it!

[@joelg.4060]

1superduck same here!

[@smokeboytone7146]

Joel G. Where is it at?

[@dmcrun3572]

SmokeBoyTone Art Institute of Chicago ...If I spend more then 12 hours in the city I feel compelled to visit it again and again and again

[@dmcrun3572]

stirange I’m military so it’s free :-) ...but I would pay double the cost of admission to visit the Art Institute of Chicago

[@E3T7]

1superduck Even though I lived in Chicago for 14 years it’s been a while for mw

[@xxMaskedMannequinxx]

"so, for once in my life, let me get what i want. (lord knows, it would be the first time)"

[@jake4-4-27]

It reminds me of Cameron and his issue with his dad

[@josuemendonca6941]

Yeah, so please please please

[@cornflakegirl1718]

Let me, let me, let me...

[@peterleash3998]

One of the most powerfull scenes ever made.

[@TheArsenalMan125]

i really dont know why it hits so deep for me

[@tranhoanghieu4576]

lol how. You are just a hipster

[@michaellamon280]

my favorite part of this film so beautiful.

[@AssManV2]

The first time I saw this film, I could literally feel what Cameron was feeling in this scene. As painful as it is, it felt comforting to know that somebody understood... also notice one of the first paintings with a lonely bar-sitter, as opposed to another man there seated next to a woman who is clearly "with him".

[@realityblows5817]

Oh my gosh I just noticed that this scene is truly something else

[@akapple3538]

That’s Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

[@_lwza_]

I always thought this was the finest scene in the movie for its pure pathos and poignancy. It captures the joy and wonder of youth (symbolized by the trio walking hand in hand with the schoolchildren) but also its pains - when Cameron suddenly sees in the Seurat all the love that's been missing from his life.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I never thought it that way before

[@gcHK47]

According to Hughes (God rest his soul), Cameron looking at the little girl is him looking into his fear. The longer and closer he looks at her, the less he sees; there is nothing there. He is afraid that people look at him the same way as that girl; that there is nothing there. He is the girl.

[@marielizysurourcq]

@@gcHK47 I just heard the documentary and this is it and I always wondered about this particular scene and the fascination of the character for this small detail in the painting. This is far from a "teen" movie sometimes in it and that's why it's a masterpiece in my opinion

[@pennwoman]

Damn Cameron just needs to hang on. He’ll marry a woman one day.

[@jonathanjones621]

I love the orchestrated version of The Smiths - Please, Please, Please let me get what I want in the background. A cheerful sounding song with dark lyrics. Like a man with a smile on the outside and crippling depression on the inside.

[@anth0nybalb0a]

It's an Instrumental version by Dream Academy. Really great version.

[@omegajrz1269]

​@@anth0nybalb0aI imagine it was already known in the United States at that time.

[@Kilb-ill]

Oh my god, it is!!!!! How could I've missed that????😂

[@michamarton2947]

Always Loved this scène , and only just Found that this song is originaly from the Smits

[@brhodes0]

@@Kilb-ill by being a deaf c**t.

[@alexanderthegreat1270]

This scene is also interesting when you take one of Ferris earlier lines into context “(Cameron’s) House is like a museum, it’s very beautiful, and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything. Can you imagine for a moment what it was like for Cameron to grow up in that joint as a baby?” Now, in the City Art Institute, it’s very beautiful but for Ferris and Sloan it’s also a very warm place. However, for Cameron, it’s just as cold as before

[@lw3646]

Notice too how static the camera is, it's all about the framing instead. The camera doesn't move once. In lots of the film the camera is tilting, panning, dollying, crane shots, helicopter shots, etc, so you get that sense of fluidity and movement, but here it's a fixed lockdown shot so your mind doesn't get distracted by camera movement and you can just focus on each segment. Great cinematography.

Song by Smiths: "Please, please, please, let me get what I want", instrumental cover by Dream Academy

[@hankhardigan1104]

Who, of course did 'Life in a northern town', written about....

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

God, it’s such a gorgeous cover

[@johnpopken6261]

Where do you find the instrumental? I've only found it with lyrics

[@mico5678]

Hank Hardigan ...Nick Drake

[@jojopuppyfish]

@@johnpopken6261 It's on a CD called Boutique Chill AMazon ASIN: B000BHNEGY

[@theskinman1948]

The idea of feeling safe with a loving family is so foreign and unimaginable to him...

[@manuelorozco7760]

At least not foreign to me

[@SlickRick4EVER]

@@manuelorozco7760 - who gives a fuck what you think...

[@michaelvanderkley1]

SlickRick, right?? 🙄

[@Dhananjuly]

Best part about this scene is it's music. It hypnotizes you.

[@flumpyhumpy]

Hide the razor blades first.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Music like this makes me wish i lived in the 80's.

[@thustoon]

the smiths - please, please, please, let me get what i want

[@nicolasmartinez795]

@@thustoon Yes, Mr. Marr sure does know how to write a chord progression

[@tannermacleod4115]

I wonder if today's youth knows how incredible this scene is...Art in motion rarely is there such captured beauty.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I am 27 amd i first saw this movie as a high school senior! I did not think i would like this movie at first.

[@raff1495]

Yea it really is. Even at 16 it speaks leagues to me. I’ve always been a bit mature for my age and even now it’s difficult as I start to feel the panic and anxiety of life. Of losing my youth and starting to take up the responsibilities in the adult world. I see less and less the more I look at life as I can no longer go back to a state of easy going fun like in early childhood and more and more feel the pressure of the future and how my life will go. It’s like being stuck in a weird limbo. You just want to have fun and hold on to your youth but you have to accept that time just keeps going despite ones sentiment and eventually start thinking about what you’re gonna do in the world. This whole movie and specifically this scene connects so deeply at least with me on that level and it’s a true masterpiece that is largely undermined.

[@manuelorozco7760]

Raff I know how you feel. Before the the pandemic, being a young adult felt great

[@juliusvogel4834]

I love this scene as a 15 year old

[@dparis2172]

@@raff1495 Let it gently go. Look back fondly. Enjoy the journey ahead.

[@optombomber2980]

Beautiful music, so romantic 💘

[@coffee_singing2315]

Its an original instrumental rendition of Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths, if you didn't know! :) Both versions are amazing

[@shugd3]

Dream academy's version of the smiths song

[@peterleash3998]

The Smiths....

[@firewardenable]

Check out the video by the Dream a Academy who created this version, gorgeous and classy

[@rosariocalderon4094]

@@coffee_singing2315 I literally search up this video to see if it was actually this song, and yes!!!!

[@borinakoune1803]

Whenever you're depressed listen to this song. It's amazing.

[@benbuzzard8005]

What's it called?

[@BocanadaMusic]

The song is called, "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" By The Dream Academy. In the clip, its only the instrumental.

[@BocanadaMusic]

open.spotify.com/track/0smzrlYiBiecxfG8p5QDcQ?si=Fx5LQRJVT4Sd6k4kR_SA9A

[@thanxx]

the smiths. please please

[@chr1s415]

@@BocanadaMusic the original and vocal version is of the same name but by the smiths

[@alacritical7873]

It's already been said, but the scene with Cameron staring at the little girl in the painting is especially wonderful. I feel like it especially contrasts well with what Ferris and Sloane were doing. The juxtaposition between them kissing and Cameron morosely gazing into the painting really reinforces how lonely and morose Cameron's life is

[@Shadow-uz4dd]

This was the moment where you realise it's not just a clever and well made teen classic Its a perfect film that catches the first phase of adulthood

[@manuelorozco7760]

I was 19 just about to graduate HS when i first saw this movie. So I know what you mean

[@UnderTheTableGremlin]

I swear, I could get lost in that song forever

[@brandonjackson3641]

🎼🎶🎶

[@HarrisonHollers]

This is one of the best comment sections on KZbin. If you’re here, we are all with you. Beautiful scene! As a kid, I liked how this movie told the story of the rebel without a cause. Now in my thirties, I think it’s a wonderful life. Appreciate life. Appreciate others.

[@pbot2029]

So I interpreted this as something completely different. Cameron is looking at the painting because he can see a love that the mother expresses to her child. The colors are vibrant, the scene is festive, and everyone is enjoying themselves, even the kids and parents. This is something Cameron never had. It's like he sees it, but he never had it. I see it in his eyes, I never got to have that love. I grew up without it.

[@manuelorozco7760]

But i grew up with it. I did not always believe it

[@lolitahansen1682]

Just took my husband and kids to this museum today and did the same pose as them in front of the statue.❤️❤️

[@pottytheparrot310]

Lolita Hansen While the Kids were staring at the painting while you and your husband kissed in the moonlight?

[@manuelorozco7760]

LOL

[@kamdan2011]

I saw this scene today and it made me cry. I miss going to museums.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I have not been to one in three years since the California Science Center. I am not usually a museum person

[@tetsooo]

This scene is art, ironically filmed in an art museum. If there's one scene I have to choose from every movie that I have seen that I hold dear to my heart it is this one. Nothing resonates with me more.

[@kev3d]

I hated this scene as a kid, because it broke with the comedy of most of the rest of the film, but as an adult I see it's brilliance. It's a haunting and beautiful scene. I teared up when I visited the Art Institute of Chicago.

[@MColemanTV]

went there the other day and was overwhelmed when I turned the corner to see Nighthawks

[@kev3d]

@@MColemanTV Incredible painting. Hopper is one of my all time favorites.

[@nicolasmartinez795]

You're very lucky. I hope to go one day and see the old guitarist

[@apples_281]

This is quite possibly the most beautiful and powerful scene of... anything modern... and I just wish it wasn't so hard to find this song and soundtrack. So few were released in the 2016 30th anniversary release. Oh John Hughes, you underestimated yourself.

[@lucasoliver6399]

Please, please, please let me get what I want by the dream academy

[@manuelorozco7760]

I wish i was a kid again being in that line on a fieldtrip. This movie is one reason why i dream of one day going to Chicago to see the whole Wind City in all it's glory.

[@whyme9278]

This movie is a classic. Beautiful music.

[@francisalbert1799]

A little timeout in a crazy chaotic film.

[@jimboslice214]

So much emotion without a single word being spoken, this scene is beautiful

[@themetaldude5895]

This movie is a real rollercoaster of emotions considering that this part was like at 50 minutes of movie

[@xdivisionvision]

Imagine being at a museum and this plays lol

[@pottytheparrot310]

division100 I’m just staring at a painting while my friend and girlfriend make out

[@lw3646]

No smart phones back then. People just stood and appreciated what they were seeing. Happier times....

[@manuelorozco7760]

I maybe 27 but i do miss being a kid not having a smart phone too

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Including no kids who plays Fortnite everyday

[@kikoonthemove]

Manuel Orozco Then get rid of it what’s stopping you

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@kikoonthemove jeez chill

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

@@Max-el7zd fuck off

[@glowlikeyou1099]

No matter how many times I watch this, it just doesn't feel old, not at all.

[@cameronromero1498]

This was a great cinematic moment in a comedy film.

[@william2154]

Cameron had such clear skin im jealous

[@michaelvanderkley1]

This single scene brought this movie to the next level and showed there is way more going on here than a teen comedy. Truly brilliant.

[@Stolenbiclighter]

nothing like looking at a painting, seeing yourself in it and realizing you understand art

[@manuelorozco7760]

Noah Seltzer One of my favorite paintings that moonlight one by Vincent Van Gough

[@anthonyeverett2942]

In the final hours of my final day, I hope this is the song that is playing in my head as I recall the moments of my life.

[@Cdgaming4U]

This is one of my mom's favorite movies, I watched it as a kid and loved it. I discovered The Smiths in my early teens and loved Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want, but I never put together that I'd heard it here, until earlier today when my mom heard me practicing the song on guitar. It really blew my mind to find out that a song which means so much to me now was in this movie that meant so much to me when I was younger. What an incredible film.

[@TheRealColt45]

One of my all-time favorite movie scenes. I've probably watched this 500 times over the years.

[@moneymovementbeats2080]

This scene is awesome because if you showed just this clip to someone who has never seen the movie they’d create such a different perspective of it.

[@EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel]

I have only seen this film once in my 34 years on this earth. This scene stuck with me since I was 10 years old. This is the only scene I clearly remembered all these years.

[@discman15]

Yeah the movie is hilarious, but this is the scene that everyone remembers. This is John Hughes at his simplest, full of warmth and kindness and longing. Thank you John for all these special moments. I won't ever forget them

[@TheCulturalBomb]

John Hughes loved British music more than people realise. Many of his movies have them in major scenes.

[@undershaft8828]

Small wonder, the Brits created XX century music.

[@omegajrz1269]

​@@undershaft8828The British have the best rock in the world

[@metaldude21]

I always loved this scene for the great song that plays alongside it-the sound is depressingly innocent-which emulates the feeling teens feel when they realize that their childhood is over.

[@Chrisfeb68]

I graduated from high school the year this movie came out. I missed the 80s.

[@mantra3000]

The scene ripped my heart right off

[@Modus888-if9yj]

I remember back in the 90s this movie would come on sometimes on the weekends my freinds and I would smoke weed and watch it I miss those days 😢

[@cakins1986]

This is my favorite scene in any movie ever

[@mikemartinez5783]

I went to the Chicago art museum a couple of days ago. Literally went on a scavenger hunt to find the art showed in the movie. I got to see most of them. The painting that Cameron stared into had me starstruck and I instantly had goosebumps. Never thought I would be able to see it with my own eyes in person. This scene is why I appreciate art and all its beauty. I was only 8 when this movie came out. Till this day it brings out the kid in me every time I watch it. I just wanted to be as cool as Ferris.

[@damianhoratiu2287]

I remember watching this movie when I was 14. It was a screwball kinda commedy, and then, from nowhere, this scene that was magical, almost out of this world. It hipnotised me, I watched it over and over on the VHS :))

[@mwolfod]

An incredibly beautiful and moving interlude. All of it. Hughes's use of that evocative music really deepens the emotional impact. Cameron's introspection deep into the little French girl's face....and beyond.... serves not only as an exposition of Seurat's masterpiece of pointillism, but is one of the most emotional and memorable scenes in cinematic history.

[@nickycotton6137]

Goosebumps.. each & every time. (RIP John Hughes)

[@babyvia6712]

two things: this scene gave birth to every artsy teenage girl's favorite movie scene AND cam and sloane really would have been such a cute couple

[@greentea5095]

You didn't have to call me out like that

[@babyvia6712]

@@greentea5095 lmaoo don't worry i exposed myself too

[@zachrizzo6525]

The film editing/cinematography in this movie is just too good

[@worldofwisdom617]

This scene allows you to sit back and reflect. That even though your watching a movie, you should stop and realize theres more to life. IDK who thought of it but its such a slick break in the middle.

[@abbytaylor1121]

i just want to give cameron a hug

[@MirrorsTelevision]

easily one of my favorite scenes in this film. and that's saying A LOT.

[@brarse7379]

... back when this movey came out back in 87 i cried so hared i camed... beautifual and gorgoise i want to wach it for the first time again... goodbye harold schwimptenheimer.

[@brarse7379]

sorey everybodey if you cried when reading this.

[@nw2094]

After seeing the commentary by John Hughes on this scene the beauty is overwhelming

[@briloveskurthummelbriones1565]

The song is so emotional😫🤧

[@brentneal5955]

The dream academy please please (let me get what I want )

[@reijiminato8762]

Yep. It's like a medieval folk tune

[@donovan942]

Reiji Minato uh no it’s not

[@rayintriago2807]

Brent Neal, the original it's actually a The Smith's tune, man.

[@Doomguy53122]

Graduated in 2022 and I had met the love of my life and we had watched this movie in school. Our teacher played it since our last day was only a week away. I get nothing but a heavy heart watching this scene with the soothing music and them exploring the museum. Wish I could go back to simpler times..

[@davidbuckmaster3548]

The new I phone ad,....totally this.

[@scottjohnnyhelgemoaune2951]

This proves one thing: that the music makes the scene. Without it, it would just be boring pictures of paintings. But now, you can feel the emotions

[@metta9743]

I disagree but it certainly makes it way better

[@scottjohnnyhelgemoaune2951]

@@metta9743 I’m listening

[@ollywolf0113]

Please please please let me get what I want- the smiths

[@lessthanthreemetal]

This is the greatest scene in any film IMO. Can't even describe how perfect it is.

[@NewsAsItHappens]

I like how it zooms in so close at the end you can see the film grain

[@LandonAParrott]

this is so breathtakingly beautiful. john hughes, you understood us. growing up doesn't have to be the end...

[@manuelorozco7760]

I’ve seen this more times than any of his other work

[@svfutbol20]

This film is a proper masterpiece

[@marioz1253]

This scene was low key other worldly

[@Sullybomb33_]

Who’s watching this during Covid 19

[@manuelorozco7760]

Me. I rewatched the movie last night

[@gav240z]

I think I watch this movie every year, and I hope to watch it every year for the rest of my days. I adore it. And I hope my little boy does too, who's due any day now.

[@manuelorozco7760]

gav240z Early congrats

[@gav240z]

@@manuelorozco7760 thanks. This movie will forever have a special place in my heart. My high school used to have it on VHS. When a teacher was out sick and we had a substitute teacher and no curriculum to follow, often they would let us watch a film. It just so happens that our library of films was limited and this film would get played often. Yet I never really got tired of it. It's definitely 1 of my favorites films of all time. Cameron's house and his father's garage have been an inspiration ever since and I'm hoping it build a garage like it in future for my own vintage cars.

[@manuelorozco7760]

gav240z Cool. I don't consider it a favorite really. But i have seen the movie 3 times in the last 8 years.

[@tylergerald]

This is one of the movies I'd watch on repeat as a kid, one of the many John Hughes movies I'd have going on rotation. This scene was always fun (as a kid) because there were so many cool pictures and the music was nice as well. Coming back to it as a 28 year old it actually tears me up a bit Cameron just staring deeper and deeper into the painting. Everyone has their own interpretation of it but me personally it's just soul crushing. It's like he's looking at a childhood that he never had, that he'll never be able to have. Cameron is the definition of a tortured soul.

[@fletcherhamilton3177]

One of those beautiful scenes that transcends the movie in which it’s in . . . and it’s already a great movie!

[@henriquealvesdeazevedo4679]

One of the most iconic scenes of cinema's history! I wish someday I could visit this museum!

[@americanozoomer9738]

I’ve always loved this movie. I first watched it when I was around 3. I would watch this movie constantly growing up. I was often sick and I would always want to watch this when I was out of school. It really had an amazing impression on me. I remember every scene in such great detail. I always feel a little melancholy watching this movie. I feel nostalgic for some reason watching it even though I was born well after the 80s. This scene in particular always makes me feel so emotional not necessarily sad just emotional. Now it’s my senior year of Highschool and lately I’ve been thinking of this movie a lot.

[@SarahSmith-nr2wj]

I think this might be my favourite scene from all the movies I've ever watched. 80s movies knew how to do inspiring, fun and feel good in a way that seems to have got lost in more current times.

[@hallucinxte]

Randomly remembered this scene for some reason. Wasn’t disappointed in the comments that backed up my intuition abt how deep this part of the movie was.

[@thepoweroftruth3624]

When i see this scene it reminds me of John hughes' passing and the bygone days of the best time in my life.... the 80s. Extremely sad.

[@manuelorozco7760]

I was 16 when he died and his movies make me wish i was in high school back then sometimes.

[@RafaelMedia]

The Smiths are legends.

[@peterleash3998]

the soundtrack of life

[@diouranke]

Yes!!!

[@backcombed2559]

Absolutely agree

[@he4vensn1ght]

possibly my favorite movie scene ever, it’s so beautifully done. the music choice makes it so nostalgic for some reason but i can’t pinpoint why.

[@warriorlink8612]

1:06 is such an iconic shot. All three in same pose and angled out and the viewer's left. With the other museum visitor in a mirror opposite pose and turned 90 degrees and positioned far and away to the viewer's right. Each character is standing still as their lives are flying past. This shot shows so much intentionality and attention to details. This whole scene was executed perfectly.

[@qweasdzxcname]

the use of that specific art in this movie is incredible. to use pointillism to show cameron's feelings. genius.

[@kingzolew4967]

Saying this movie is a classic is an understatement

[@Advoc8te4Truth]

John Hughes was an legendary director. His unique ability to find the exact perfect music to match a particular visual was unmatched then or now. And how can you tell how good he was rewatch his movies they are timeless ❤😂

[@johnhenryholiday3845]

This is by far one of the most powerful moments of this whole movie

[@burningrabbit7278]

Fitting when you realize that the instrumental is of "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" - a sentiment I'm sure Cameron would echo. "Lord knows it would be the first time."

[@Numbuh10125]

I feel almost robbed of the magic of this scene having come to learn what the meaning of this scene was. Live and learn, I guess.

[@GoldenPoliticalKat]

This Scene truly is an iconic masterpiece

[@Watch3rOfTheSkies]

I think this is one of the most beautiful scenes in any movie. A museum is a perfect setting for a calm reprieve from all the chaos. The kids holding hands on a field trip. The stained glass window. Cameron looking so closely at the dots of the painting until you can’t even see a face anymore. There’s just something so poignant and universal about this scene.

[@wchandler2010]

I took my sister to that museum a few weeks ago and there were high school students(maybe college) recreating this scene it was actually pretty cool.

[@williamthomas1]

@@wchandler2010 That is very telling how many people still want to experience the world through the eyes of the innocent.

[@bobblehead7002]

what an amazing scene