Though a relatively famous short film, I saw C’était un rendez-vous by french director Claude LeLouch for the first time this morning. In short, it’s an 8 minute tour through Paris by way of a camera strapped onto the front of sports car, allegedly a Ferrari, going by all accounts somewhere between 140-200 miles/hour. The official story was that an unnamed Formula 1 driver was at the wheel, while it has also been suggested that LeLouch himself was at the wheel and later overdubbed the sound of the Ferrari to finish the film.
Regardless, it’s a fun watch of a high speed romp through Paris! (via Scout Magazine)
Tags: automotive, car, controversy, Film, high speed
Nancy Wu (June 9th, 2009)
I saw that film too–while in Paris. It was shown in between French programming. Last LeLouch film I saw was Belmondo’s “Les Miserables”aka un film le plus long!