Parisian Driver Training Film
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This has surfaced again...
"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. 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 until a DVD release a few years ago."
And here's the link. It's absolutely mad, how he didn't crash/kill
someone/kill himself is incredible.
http://aoctavio.castpost.com/rendezvous20_04.mov (34Mb)
"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. 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 until a DVD release a few years ago."
And here's the link. It's absolutely mad, how he didn't crash/kill
someone/kill himself is incredible.
http://aoctavio.castpost.com/rendezvous20_04.mov (34Mb)
Its a very well known clip but general consensus is it is heavily faked.
If you look at the cars as they pass he isnt actually going that fast.
There is also rumours that the car used was a Citroen and that the sound track of the Ferrari V12 was dubbed on afterwards.
Despite that its still great
If you look at the cars as they pass he isnt actually going that fast.
There is also rumours that the car used was a Citroen and that the sound track of the Ferrari V12 was dubbed on afterwards.
Despite that its still great
It is great but...
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on
Rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it
took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the
night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault
Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser
(later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P,
probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
Not too long ago the Dutch car magazine AutoVisie did some research on
Rendezvous and found out the following:
"It is true the average and max speed is not that impressive, but it
took them 16.5 minutes, in a Chrysler Crossfire in the middle of the
night, twice the time. The car used in the original movie is a Renault
Alpine Berlinetta, driver NOT Lelouch himself but Jean-Louis Schlesser
(later F1 testdriver) and the car on the soundtrack was a 66-67 330P,
probably taped on owner Pierre Bardinon's personal track, although they are not sure about that last thing."
I thought the time taken to overtake the other cars was too long and some of the scenery was moving quite slowly as well !!! But what fun.
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