Friday, November 11, 2005

What's French for "Video"?

I know Jon has already linked to this - but damn, it's just too cool to pass up (and I'm archiving this for my very own enjoyment too). *Almost* makes me want to buy a Citroen - oh, no, wait. I forgot. They're French cars... (do they have an "easy-torch" feature, I wonder?)

Speaking of the French - check out this insane Quicktime video of a guy speeding through the heart of Paris (the camera was mounted to the bumper of a Ferrari). Is it just me? Or is the sound of that revved-up engine kinda ... sexy? And the squealing of the tires? Mmmmmmm.....

Having commandeered a car in Paris and almost died several times within a few hours myself (those "round-abouts" at the large plazas are... uhmmm... tricky!), I can appreciate what the driver is trying to do here. The fact that he ignores all the red lights actually isn't that unusual - all Parisians do it. Utter disregard for human life when driving your car? Genetically imprinted in every French. Admittedly, the driver himself here must have lacked a certain gene with the label "self-preservation". Yet I'm kinda grateful for it... he lets us live vicariously through him ...

You can learn a bit about the history of the film, as well as buy the DVD here. Links via JWZ.
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