Life moves pretty fast. If you don\u2019t stop and look at \u201cThe Art of Ferris Bueller,\u201d you could miss it.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 22, Kelli Marshall will take guests through the Art Institute of Chicago and host a walking tour titled \u201cThe Art of Ferris Bueller\u201d that looks at the same artworks as Ferris and his friends in the 1986 teen comedy, \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Marshall, owner of Chicago Movie Tours, will go through three floors while showing off over a dozen art pieces that were featured in the film, including artworks like \u201cAmerica Windows,\u201d Marc Chagall\u2019s stained glass panels where Ferris and his girlfriend Sloane share a kiss, and \u201cA Sunday on La Grande Jatte\u201d by Georges Seurat, a staple in the museum.<\/p>\n
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“America Windows,” Marc Chagall’s stained glass panels, are part of a walking tour titled “The Art of Ferris Bueller” that looks at the same artworks as Ferris and his friends in the 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” (Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
Ferris\u2019s friend Cameron gazes at the piece and Marshall will give insight as to why that choice was made in the film.<\/p>\n
\u201cPortrait of Balzac,\u201d created in the late 1800s, is a statue by Auguste Rodin that Bueller and his friends mimic.<\/p>\n
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The “Portrait of Balzac” statue by Auguste Rodin is part of a walking tour titled “The Art of Ferris Bueller” that looks at the same artworks as Ferris and his friends in the 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” (Antonio Perez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
Despite the scenes in the museum only taking about two minutes of screentime, Marshall will take 90 minutes to explain the art pieces, their connections to the film and some behind-the-scenes knowledge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn this instance, you\u2019re discovering Chicago through a very specific part of a very specific film,\u201d Marshall said. \u201cSo I hope that once they leave the tour, they\u2019ve learned something or discovered something new, not only about Chicago and perhaps its art scene and its art scene as it looked in 1985, when they filmed this year, but also, hopefully they discover something new about \u2018Ferris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u2019 that they did not know before they joined my tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to Marshall\u2019s tour, the Art Institute offers its own self-guided walking tour \u201cBe Like Ferris Bueller,\u201d beginning with Edward Kemeys\u2019 bronze lions out front on Michigan Avenue (more information at www.artic.edu<\/a>). According to that tour, \u201cOne look at the lions and we knew where Ferris and friends were headed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Art of Ferris Bueller\u201d runs 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 22, Dec. 20 and 28, as well as dates in January. They start in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute, 111 S. Michigan Ave.; tickets ($39.99, plus museum admission) and more information at www.chicagomovietours.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Life moves pretty fast. If you don\u2019t stop and look at \u201cThe Art of Ferris Bueller,\u201d you could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,2558,2628],"class_list":{"0":"post-301894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-latest-headlines","14":"tag-things-to-do"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}