<VV> car chases

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Here's an interview with the guy who made the film, done a couple of years 
back. Sorry it's in French, but the Canucks will be O.K... (;-)))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHn5Q15kaIA

Cheers

Alan



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
To: <rgubser at zoomtown.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> car chases


>I reckon this beats them all. It's not a chase, exactly (it's only one 
>car),
> but it was done for real, on open public roads, through the middle of 
> Paris
> at 5 a.m. Sorry if I have told you about it before (I think I have), but I
> reckon it is worth a re-watch even if I have:
>
> http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v596454yX8nSphf
>
> The catch is that it was apparently done in a Mercedes 450SEL, not a 
> Ferrari
> as implied by the sound track, and the camera is very low-mounted, which
> gives a heightened impression of speed. But it is definitely for real, and
> the streets weren't closed.
>
> Apparently if you plot the trip and work it out against the run time of 
> the
> film, the average speed is 'only' 60 mph. Still pretty good.
>
> He was arrested after it but released without charge. It gets good after 
> the
> Place de la Concorde (2.35)...
>
> Finally, the bit I like best is where he says (I saw a video of an 
> interview
> with him), that the only totally blind spot in the whole movie is at 3.40
> where he goes through the Louvre. He had a friend with a walkie-talkie 
> lined
> up, and the guy was going to call him if there is any cross traffic coming
> out of the arches at the side. The guy didn't call him so he kept his foot
> down, and it was only afterwards that he found the walkie-talkie was 
> faulty.
>
> Here's wiki on it:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%27%C3%A9tait_un_rendez-vous
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <rgubser at zoomtown.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 1:25 PM
> Subject: <VV> car chases
>
>
>> P.S.  In the case of Vanishing Point and The Italian Job, the originals
>> are by far the best. No computer-generated special effects -- real cars,
>> real drivers. The drivers in all of these movies must have had cojones 
>> the
>> size of basketballs!
>>
>>
>> --
>> rgubser
>> e-mail: rgubser at zoomtown.com
>>
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