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Rendezvous - Claude Lelouch


Nun ist "C'était un rendez-vous" von Claude Lelouch auch auf video.google.com aufgetaucht. Wer die 1976 entstandene Rennfahrt durch das erwachende Paris noch nicht kennt, sollte sich das Stückchen Filmgeschichte unbedingt mal anschauen. So manche Legende rankt sich um den knapp 9 Minuten langen Film.

So ist die Identität des Fahrers bis heute nicht bekannt, Claude Lelouch wurde nach der ersten Aufführung des Films verhaftet und der Film durfte nur knappe 10 Minuten lang werden, da die verwendete Filmrolle angeblich der übrig gebliebene Rest eines bereits abgedrehten Films war.

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.

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This entry was posted by Marco Gabriel on Wednesday, April 19. 2006 at 12:51. and is filed under Fun(d)stücke. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog.

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