Finally, a raison d'être for my 20" widescreen monitor.

Download it and watch it full screen.

The scene with the gendarmes is really, really rich.

C'était un Rendezvous: "

C'était un Rendezvous:

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris. The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.

No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

It has just been remastered and released on DVD.

Quicktime here. It's absolutely terrifying, despite looking a lot like a video game. 'Red light! Red light! Red light! GARBAGE TRUCK!!!' The only thing it's missing is a woman pushing a baby carriage, and a couple of guys carrying a plate-glass window.
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(Via jwz.)