<VV> car chases

[John David Thomson]

Pardonnez moi. Je suis tres concernment.
Notre biere est 6%.
Proof sufficientment!!!!

Dave, Calgary  68 Kelmark, 66 Corsa 140-4 vert
one owner 70 Zed 28.



----- Original Message -----
From: ricknorris at suddenlink.net
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:18
Subject: Re: <VV> car chases
To: Alan and Clare Wesson <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>, virtualvairs at corvair.org

> I've discovered if you drink enough Canuck beer you can almost 
> understand French!
> --
> Rick Norris
> #36 Sunoco Corvair
> www.corvairalley.com 
> 
> ---- Alan and Clare Wesson <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk> wrote: 
> > 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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