Fred Jetstone
05-15-2006, 04:23 AM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=28...47&q=Rendezvous
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 (Giles Villeneuve, rumor has it), drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed No permit was ever obtained. 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. I was shocked to find it but I guess it had to turn up on the net eventually.
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 (Giles Villeneuve, rumor has it), drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed No permit was ever obtained. 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. I was shocked to find it but I guess it had to turn up on the net eventually.