Ferrari Mailing List: Re: [NPR] Rendezvous Confession

[LtWacko (LtWacko]

For the longest time, I have always wanted a copy of "Rendezvous".   When 
Spirit Films released a dvd version using the original film, I jumped on  it.  
Unfortunately, I was little disappointed.  "WHY" you must be  asking?  On the 
dvd version the picture is sharp and the sound  track is absolutely awesome, 
BUT 
the mystique was gone!  I had grown  found of the film watching a copy of a 
copy of a copy on Beta.  The bootleg  quality gave Rendezvous the Holy Grail 
feeling of all bootlegs.  Now that  everything is clear, it's still awesome but 
the mystery is gone.  Now the  fabled Ferrari is not a Ferrari at all!  What's 
next?!?!
 
Rodney
 
In a message dated 9/14/2006 6:19:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:35:07 -0400
From: "Dennis Liu"  <BigHeadDennis [at] earthlink.net>
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Todd wrote:

>I  recall that the film "Rendezvous" has been discussed on this list.   Below
is an article about a recent confession by the director.   Enjoy.

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One  of the most storied automotive films ever, er, filmed, Claude  Lelouch's
C'etait un Rendezvous has been cloaked in mystery since the  moment it was
released.  Was it one of Lelouch's F1 racing pals behind  the wheel of what
often was assumed to be a Ferrari 275GTB?  Was it  Lelouch himself?  No, no
and yes.  No, it wasn't a racing driver,  the car was a Mercedes 6.9 that the
director still owns (the Ferrari was  dubbed in to add to the thrill factor),
and yes, it was Lelouch behind the  wheel.

What's more, the girl at the end is Claude's babymomma, and he  did in fact
have one spotter, when he exits the second tunnel near the  Louvre.  The
spotter was supposed to radio the driver in case there  was traffic after a
blind turn.  Lelouch got no signal, so he hammered  it.  It turns out later
that the walkie-talkie was broken.

The  Ferrari was dubbed in after the 6.9's own score was deemed to  be
not-so-exciting (although, due to the Merc's air suspension, it made  an
ideal camera car for the touchy gyroscopically-balanced camera), and  as
Lelouch posits, the run really did happen, but the Ferrari noises make  it
more exciting.  What's more, as Herr Roy -- our tipster and  translator on
this one -- points out, yes, there are a few glitches in  terms of shift
timing in the film (he counts three), but the fact that 98%  of them are
right-on is frankly pretty amazing.

How'd they do  it?  Our guess is a chassis dyno on a soundstage, but that's a
card  that Lelouch has yet to reveal.

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And for  those of you who STILL don't believe that it was a 6.9 Merc instead
of a  Ferrari:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwKhd_KzwHA  


Enjoy.

Vty,

--Dennis