This is great, and it reminds me of one of my favorite short films of all time, also French and also shows a drive through Paris at daybreak (still night at beginning) but it's much slower paced and poetic in mood, and it's also from 1978!
LES MAINS NEGATIVES by Nouvelle Roman-autheur and filmmaker Marguerite Duras . I checked and it's also on youtube, sadly in 2 parts, and for an English translation of the voice-over click upper right on more info from the user who posted it, where you see the first lines already, and read along then with the vid. running. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPEtD3lr6Fk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-N_kbPTsPk This is a haunting poetic masterpiece in my humble opinion, the title by the way and some lines of the voice-over, besides being a universal ode to love, refer to the Magdalen Caves in the south of France, where the oldest known human expressions of art (maybe in Europe from what I remember having read about them) are to be found: 3500 + years old engravings and negative images of colored hands, facing the ocean from a cave. Now I wonder if the Lelouch film was a reaction to this, or vice versa. Wolfgang Von: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von P Molitor Gesendet: Montag, 13. April 2009 17:12 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Lelouch short film This is a great film for gear heads (and must be truly seen on the big screen for maximum lubrication values) but there is fakery afoot. Lelouch finally admitted that this was actually filmed from the bumper of a Mercedes 6.9 (a fine machine in and of itself) and the soundtrack is the only thing Ferrari about it. Nowhere in it does he come anywhere near to going over 100mph. If you watch carefully keeping in mind the gear changes that are being made and knowing what speed a wrapped out Ferarri would be making those gear changes at it's clear that what's being shown has no bearing on what's being heard. There's one section where he's topping out 4th gear yet he's in one of those tiny Parisian streets - that would put him well over 100mph+, simply impossible to do. Also as he's driving down the road just before the making the turn at the Louvre he's in high gears but passing cars "only" doing maybe 30mph over them - if that were truly the gear he was in you'd barely be able see them go by. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this, watch it regularly and have even figured out the route using Google Earth so the next time I'm in Paris with a car I can follow it (at legal speeds of course). It is truly the "magic" of filmmaking though. Just hearing those Ferrari gear changes is worth the price of admission. --Peter --- On Sun, 4/12/09, McDaniel Kirby <[email protected]> wrote: From: McDaniel Kirby <[email protected]> Subject: [MOPO] Lelouch short film To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 8:36 PM A friend sent me this. I have never seen it before. Kirby 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. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
