that is so damn cool.. thanks bill!
On 11/15/05, Brian White <brian@bjwhite.net> wrote:
> Actually, it's been out for years on VHS before being released on DVD in the last couple years.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "billbranch1" <billbranch1@aol.com>
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:53:13 -0000
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] "Paris at 140 mph"
>
> > Hello,
> > Someone at the CX-L list posted this. Thought it might be of
> > interest...
> >
> > >From Another Place.....
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > This is mental. Here's the story:
> >
> > "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
>
>
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