Hi Peter,
Lelouche did a wonderful job of planning his route beforehand (even though
he had to alter that route because of a garbage truck of some such
obstacle). Considering it was all in one take, the thing that impresses me
most is how the camera's through-the-windshield framing is perfect at the
end when the woman appears in to view and he joins her. I know from
experience that getting two people perfectly into frame on the first take
is difficult with a camera that is manned, much less one that is directed
by a 275 GTB.
Clark
>The most gripping car filming that I have seen is a short by Claude Lelouche
>("A man and a woman"), called "Rendezvous". It is a banzai run across Paris
>for an early morning assignation, so to speak. If it was staged, I am
>impressed. If it was on the fly, I don't respect it, but am glad they survived
>without lunching innocents.
>Peter Boyd
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