DeTomaso Mailing List: April 2000, Message #385

Fellow video speed freaks,

If you guys dug the short flick "Rendezvous", you will be absolutely blown away by
the extensive footage I have of bonzai Japanese bikers streaking through the
countryside at nearly 300km; that's about 170mph for us round eyes! They used tank
mounted cameras which give a good view of the road (and oncoming traffic) as well as
the tach and speedo. There was so much room left on my bootleg Rendezvous that I
decided to fill the rest of the footage with this insane bike riding, which is not
to dis' these guys because I'm a biker myself and can only admire their skill, not
to mention cajones. There is so much ultra high speed lane splitting, right side
passing, and knee dragging it will boggle your mind. and it goes on for 30-45
minutes. It also features an interview with one of the principles, which
unfortunately is all in Japanese. If any of you out there speak that language, I
would be interested in hearing the interpretation. I'll bring the tape to Vegas this
year for all to see. You won't believe your eyes. For an amateur production, it is
easily the equal of the French effort, only much, much faster, longer and more
dangerous.

Doug Kelm, Yellow #2886, PCNC Frozen Tundra Rep.


Al Chelini wrote:

> Listers:
>   This video shows a run thru the streets of Paris in the dawn hours of the
> morning at flat out speeds.  A camera is on the nose of the Ferrari, at hubcap
> level, at triple digit speeds.
>   Nothing stops our hero, not red lights nor garbage trucks doing their rounds (
> he merely drives over the adjoining curbs), nor many near misses.
>   He is moving so fast that Pigeons in the road don't have much time to get out
> of the way. It ends with his meeting his wife (hence the rendezvous at a park) .
> The audio sounds like an unrestricted exhaust, and adds a lot to the effect.
> Rumor has it that the driver was eventulaay arrested and prosecuted.  Mike, any
> more info?
>  It kind of reminds me of going to the meeting at the Donut Derelicts (or Krispy
> Kreeme) with MD.    :-)
>   If you haven't seen it, you will like it. A great SS warmup.
> Al.
> ---------------------------------------
> MikeLDrew@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Al wrote:
> >
> > >Joe, is this the one by Pyramid films? Claud Lelouche? (sp)
> >
> > >>>Yup.  For those that don't know, Claude LeLouche was sort of the Steven
> > Spielberg of France in the late '60's and early '70's.
> >
> > >Do you know what the car used was (Ferrari is the rumor)?
> >
> > >>>Ferrari 275 GTB.  In fact, they were in Paris shooting a conventional
> > movie when he got the crazy idea to shoot this silly mad dash across the
> > city.  He robbed a fully gyro-stabilized camera mount from the front of a
> > camera truck and grafted it onto the front of (his own?) Ferrari.  Nobody
> > knows who the driver was, but it's a safe bet that it was probably a
> > professional.
> >
> > If you watch it carefully you'll see that the sound track is actually not in
> > synch with the visual track.  It's about 1.5 seconds behind, so you still
> > hear tire squeal long after the driver has complted the turn and is driving
> > straight.  However I do not believe that the sound was dubbed in after the
> > fact, because the old Michelin XWX tires of the day would certainly squeal
> > like hell.
> >
> > >How do we order?
> >
> > >>>Didn't he list his phone number?
> >
> > 916 526-3033
> >
> > >(Listers, if you haven't seen this film, you must get it.)
> >
> > >>>ABSOLUTELY!  It's a total riot.  We normally show it on the big screen in
> > Las Vegas every year too.  It's probably the most anti-social film ever made!
> > :>)
> >
> > Mike