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.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7&q=lelouch%3E
(BE SURE YOUR SOUND IS ON)
Mike B
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.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...7&q=lelouch%3E
(BE SURE YOUR SOUND IS ON)
Mike B
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