“Drive me off this picture.”
Pretty sure it was the first for me, because my twelve-year-old self wondered, “They can do that?”
Also the first self-referencing (fractal?) story in which the nominal action comes to the actual studio (Warner Brothers) where the film was shot?
Why am I asking you?
“Drive me off this picture.”
For me it was Burns and Allen reruns at my grandparents. I always thought George was talking right to me. (But that was a TV series not a movie)
shareFerris Bueller's Day Off (1986). The character broke the fourth wall on several occasions. It's also the first I can recall where there's a scene after the credits.
John Hughes was brilliant.
>> first I can recall where there's a scene after the credits.
That’s a great whole separate topic.
Do you want the first post on that (at Ferris Bueller) or shall I have at it?
JSYK, Blazing predates Ferris by thirteen years.
Probably Ferris Buellers day off.The first tv show i saw it on was Magnum PI.
shareDoes the Burns & Allen Show count since it was a TV show?
shareOliver Hardy used to break the fourth wall, way back in the 1920s. Been watching his shorts and features since the 1950s.
shareIIRC Woody Allen did this in a bunch of his movies.
shareThis is a good question. In Annie Hall, is he breaking the 4th wall, or acting as a narrator? I would say narrator, but in the scene standing in line with the know-it-all critic, breaking the wall. Maybe that is the first time for me...a year later John Belushi in Animal House winking at the camera while he observes...
shareThis is a good question for the General Discussion forum.
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