Wow, this is an amazing video. If this is old news for everyone, sorry.
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 early in
the morning . 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. If
you haven't seen this before it is a classic, if you have seen it I apologize,
but it's still a classic. Turn on your sound and enjoy..............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo
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 early in
the morning . 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. If
you haven't seen this before it is a classic, if you have seen it I apologize,
but it's still a classic. Turn on your sound and enjoy..............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo
