On an August morning in 1976, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Mercedes 450 SEL 6,9 and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.
Breathtakingly insane.
UPDATE: Vimeo → Youtube. The movie is better in larger size, though.
3 comments
Jonathan Hollin says:
Nov 4, 2009
Oh no, what happened to the video… and I thought it was a Ferrari he was driving?
Eero says:
Nov 4, 2009
Damnit. They took it down.
I did some googlin’ and found a making of clip. Apparently it wasn’t a Ferrari after all… What a disappointment. :)
Jonathan Hollin says:
Nov 4, 2009
Yes I found the same information after a bit of a search. Seems it’s quite a famous film — it actually landed the director in jail!