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Perhaps you have heard of this film. Perhaps you have seen grainy footage on the internet. Maybe a bad copy on expensive videotape.
Filmed in 1976, the revered short film by seminal French director Claude Lelouch is regarded as the ultimate in chase scenes - the connoisseurs’ trump card in response to "Bullitt" or "The French Connection"
Rendezvous is absolutely compulsive viewing: an astonishing, exhilarating and now legendary drive through 70s Paris with a surprise ending that has become shrouded in myths:
Was Lelouch really arrested when it was first shown?
Was it a Formula 1 driver and Ferrari 275/GTB?
How was it filmed without blocking off streets?
What we do know is that there were no special effects, no speeding-up of the film or blocking-off the streets. Lelouch simply mounted the camera on the front of the car and captured a death-defying drive through the beautiful streets of 70s Paris with a striking twist at the journey’s end. The ‘soundtrack’ is just as pure: the brutal wail of the engine, squealing tires and the roar of the exhaust.
Now, for the first time, you can own a pristine DVD of this famous film. It’s been re-mastered with digital sound and special features.
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