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| claude lelouch |
| 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 one racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of paris. the course was from porte dauphine, through the louvre, to the basilica of sacre coeur. no streets were closed, for le louch 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 le louch was arrested. he has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground until a dvd release a few years ago. make sure your sound is on, sit down, fasten your seat belt, and 04-09-09: youtube has taken this video offline...when i find it again will post it. sorry. |
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