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This is very old, but I saw it for the first time today. I think it's very cool.<br><br>
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a<br>
gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a<br>
professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of<br>
Paris early in the morning . The film was<br>
limited for technical reasons (the<br>
length of a single roll of 35mm motion picture film) to 10 minutes; the course<br>
was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.<br><br>
No streets were closed, as Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.<br><br>
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in<br>
some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red<br>
lights, nearly hitting<br>
real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.<br><br>
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He<br>
has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo</a>
On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a<br>
gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a<br>
professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of<br>
Paris early in the morning . The film was<br>
limited for technical reasons (the<br>
length of a single roll of 35mm motion picture film) to 10 minutes; the course<br>
was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.<br><br>
No streets were closed, as Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.<br><br>
The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in<br>
some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red<br>
lights, nearly hitting<br>
real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.<br><br>
Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He<br>
has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground.<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqHrCLt3Geo</a>