[Healeys] Rendezvous

[J. Scott Morris]

Periodically,B this film footage rears itbs head and sweeps through the car
enthusiast community. B I believe it was last mentioned on this list back in
2003 by Pete Cowper. B B Recently it was on another list I am on and thought
this link would be of interest to the Healey community. B bCbC)tait un
Rendezvousb has been a secret enjoyed for over 30 years by car enthusiasts.
Whisper the words bHave you seen Rendezvousb and youbll receive either a
knowing, bNo, but Ibve heard itbs unbelievableb or a smug, bIt is
un-be-lieve-ableb.B  Now you can be smug: B B http://www.vimeo.com/2250728
B B B or B B B B http://tinyurl.com/c5v8pw
B 
French director Claude Lelouch made this 9 minute film usingB a Ferrari 275GTB
racing across Paris streets during early morning dawn.B  He was supposedly
arrested the first time he presented the film and then it simply dived
underground.B  Word has it that he later admitted on a talk show that he was
the driver ... leading the French Motor Vehicles Department to take away his
driver's licence based on his 'public admission'.
B 
There are no special effects or blocking off the streets. Lelouch simply
mounted the camera on the front of the car and then takes the viewer on an
astonishing, death-defying drive through the streets of a beautifully filmed
70s Paris with a brutal soundtrack courtesy of the engine, exhaust and tyres.
At the end, the driver hops out of the Ferrari and runs to kiss the lady
awaiting him . . . his bell-bottom trousers dating this film back to the
1970's.B 
B 
Politically incorrect, anti-establishment and overflowing with a primitive
passion, "C' C)tait un Rendezvous" is the road-users two fingers up to
bureaucracy.B  Enjoy !!B B 

--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
J. Scott Morris - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives
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