torstaina, marraskuuta 10, 2005
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C'était un rendez-vous (.mov 34.1 Mt)
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 him at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. 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.Pariisin turistikierros pikana. Hurjaa menoa. Tuntui hassulta kun auto kaahasi ihan tutuissa paikoissa - menipä meidän hotellinkin ohi. Haluaa takaisin Montmartreen. Heti.
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 until a DVD release a few years ago.