Great post!

(this was published on the Sift before - so it may be a dupe or the original may have gone dead)

Thanks - I'll check..

Yep, other post was dead.

i've seen and read a lot about this excellent film; there is evidence to suggests this was actually a camera mounted to the director's Mercedes driving very fast, with the film slightly sped up in post and the audio heavily doctored.

Yes, I heard about that as well. But wouldn't it take less effort and slightly more money to just do the real thing?

The video for Snow Patrol’s song “Open Your Eyes" is worth checking out. It is a direct copy of Lelouch's film - except that the driver is on a moped.

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Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Monday, June 4th, 2007 2:34pm PDT - promote requested by winkler1.

It would seem it's more than 'evidence to suggest'. Also from the wiki

Comments from Lelouch prove that the vehicle that carried the camera was his Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9.[1] A picture was released of Lelouch working with the gyro stabilized camera on his Mercedes. This model, which could reach a top speed of 235 km/h (146 mph), was only available with a 3-speed automatic transmission. Yet, one can hear gear changes up into 5th, as well as heel-and-toe down-shifting with a high-revving engine indicating speeds of well over 200 km/h. Calculations made by several independent groups showed that the car never exceeded 140 km/h (85 mph)[1], while another[2] estimated that the car had peaked at 220 km/h (136.7 mph). Lelouch himself claimed that the top speed achieved was over 200 km/h, somewhere between 230 km/h and 240 km/h.[3]It is suggested that the sound was dubbed with the noise of Lelouch's 275GTB, which has a corresponding number of gears and a similar engine note.

A May 2006 making-of-the-rendezvous documentary[4] indicates that Lelouch himself was the driver, that the car driven was the Mercedes, although the sound track is from a Ferrari. One observer was posted close to the Louvre palace at a blind junction (archway) to assist the driver.

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Adding video to channels (Wheels) - requested by schmawy.

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*related=http://videosift.com/video/Climb-Dance

Related in the sense of both being famous driving films, not really related to M. Lelouche or Paris.

Climb Dance has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo.

Live and Let Drive - retraces C'etait un Rendezvous has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.