The Official "Rendezvous" (C'était un rendez-vous) Thread

disclaimer: no actual pigeons were hurt during the filming of this movie!

 

You bet I do, its too incredible not too

Its also a great tourists video, in 9 minutes you can show your friends who are going to Paris for the first time everything they need to see while they are there. Please remind them to take a little more than 9 minutes to see Paris though.

 

OMG! This is both art and symphonic work combined! I have never seen such a film and aftter viewing I'm proud to say I'm a Ferrari owner. I aspire to drive with such finesse.

I'm off to Paris just after the New Year and hope to hear him, but not see him!

 

Watch the video without the nice engine and exhaust sound, just turn the volume all the way down and you'll see that the car isn't really going as fast.
One can notice that at some points you hear the car rev away and shift gears but theres no change in pace, its just a nice sound trick to make one believe that the car is racing like a bat out of hell. Nice film anyway.

 

Testa,

Perhaps you don't read French or perhaps you don't believe the French which is very popular. But in the very beginning of the film they state that the film was not speeded up and there was no trickery done with it, that would include the sound. It is as recorded no Hollywood tricks.

 

anyone tried any P2Ps for the file?

just started searching, some interesting sites-
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml

found it, file name is: rendezvous20_04.mov, its in stereo too.

As Daryl notes below, some parts may be altered, sound possibly, but the site above seems to have calculated based on time-distance on passed landmarks, of course, if it was speeded up which is claimed it was not....still a cool vid.

Kinda' drove a little like that on my way to work this morning!

 

Hey guys, we've been here before. The film has been painstakingly reviewed and determined to be a bit "hyped". The fastest the car ever went was, I think, 64 or 65 MPH. Now that IS fairly fast for around town, but it's not 140. If you notice, the camera is about 3 inches off the pavement, heightening the illusion of speed. There is a link, I believe, to an entire web page devoted to debunking the myth of this film. I'll see if i can find it.

 

Cool video.
Still I think it is staged, and the car is not moving all that fast, certainly not 140 MPH.
Everything looks kind of choreograph, nobody gives him the finger for speeding, none of the other cars seam to panic when the car drives by. And I would imagine that the drivers would be more on and off the gas.
It also looks that is very early in the morning.

 

Have you been to Paris, It had to be early in order to do that. Traffic is always at a grind during the day and night so the early morning is the only time it's possible. The europeans are less phased to speed than Americans too.

 

Remember this was 28 years ago. If you tried that now I doubt you would find the roads that clear at any time of the day.

 

Indeed -- there are lots of rumors about the film. Some claim it was a Mercedes he was driving, some say the claim of his being arrested at the showing wasn't actually true, etc. etc.

Either way, it's still a damn good cult classic!

 

I did a small calculation :

between the starting point "porte Dauphine" to "la Concorde" it's 4.1 Km and it takes him exactly 2 minutes to do it, which makes an average speed of 120 km/h on two large, straight and empty avenues. Not that fast.


Jean

 

My theory is it is an ambulance with the siren on, therefore the red-light-running-with -impunity.

sound track obviously added.

 

do an advanced search in the Vintage forum - plug in "rendezvous" - we've had lengthy/lively discussions several times over the past 3 years re: this film.

 

dumb f**k

 

I can tell that the film wasn't speed up at all, but the sound is what I believe isn't right, something funny about it, sometimes you hear the car run all the gears but the speed perspective stays the same. By the way I'm part Basque and like the French and understand the language pretty much.

 

the sound v. steady driving aspect is interesting. when you compare the vid below ("2005_gemenos_castellana.wmv", yes a repost) and can see the movement/bump of the car respective to accel/gear changes and then compare that to NOT seeing it in the Paris vid, it makes you wonder.

http://www.*************/PitLane?viewThread=true&bottom=10&gID=2&fID=1&tID=65814

 

Still an awesome video.

 

Repost to the power of infinity, phony sound, not that fast, nice ending!

 

all I can say is:...." Jesus H..."

interesting wether real or fake. That driver was definitely a total NUT!
gordon

 

I did

http://www.spiritlevelfilm.webhoster.co.uk/estore.php?src=%2Fshop%2Fcustomer%2Fhome.php%3Fcat%3D248

With a Dolby Surround system, and the volume cranked up, the soundtrack is just amazing!

I love this movie!

 

Do not overlook the Cobra Ferrari Wars DVD shown on the trailers.It is superb and is available in the U.S.It is well done and will be of interest and enjoyment for anyone who remembers what went on with Shelby and Ferrari in the '60's with the 250 GTO's and the Cobra Daytonas.Good stuff.

 

Everytime I see a Ferrari split in half, I have a hard time understanding how the driver could manage doing that on a public road. I have a much better understanding now....

 

I hope that this isn't a repost.

There is a good breakdown on Rendezvous here:
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/Rendezvous.shtml

 

Matt:
Very interesting stuff, almost 140 mph down the Champs d-Elyssey (spelling?). I loved seeing the little Mini and Citroen stopped at seeing the Ferrari approach despite having green lights. The encounter with the garbage truck was entertaining too. The appearance of approach headlights in the shop window was scary the first time through. It seems this car had an infinite number of gears, as he kept shifting and shifting.

Thanks for sharing,
Ed