Thursday, May 28, 2009

Rendezvous in paris: A Film by Claude Lelouch

I don't understand what all the fuss is about - this is exactly how my driver behaved when I visited Paris (and I'm not really kidding). It's not normal? =)
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On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

K. All caught up.. read 'em all. :)

Xtian said...

Wow. I'm quite honored, I mean it. I know I'm quite verbose. =) Thank you.