C'etait un rendez-vous is as short movie created by Claude Lelouch in 1976. It is a single-take shot from a fixed camera on the front side of a Mercedes 450 SEL which crosses Paris at high speed (Lelouch was himself the driver). The film has been made without any trick (except for the soundtrack since it is a Ferrari being recorded) and fortunately the streets were almost empty since it was 5:30 AM.The film has some very high hypnotic values and provokes an extraction of reality (or at least of the usual perception of scale) since the Parisian environment is moving that fast (even more for myself who used to ride a bike in Paris !).
Another interesting thing is to observe that we are now more than 30 years ahead from this movie and 99% of the buildings appearing on it did not change at all. It is symptomatic of a frozen Paris which refuses to see itself evolves...
Thanks Norbert !
To Fast, To Furious!
RépondreSupprimerOn the contrary it is incredibly comforting to see that most of buildings are exactly the same, I come from a continously changing environment and it is sometimes exausting to find one's bearing
RépondreSupprimeri like that he hit almost every major monument in paris. really gives a good sense of the boulevards. now i expect you to draw me a map of exactly which streets he drove on..
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touche
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