Ronin: the car chase in Nice

This has to be one of the most breathtaking car chase ever filmed. The bumper cameras really ad a high dose of adrenalin to it and there’s almost no music (which reminds of Bullitt), allowing the viewer to hear the engines pushed to the max. According to the Internet Movie Car Database, the main cars involved in the chase are a 1998 Audi S8 D2, a 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9 [W116], a 1990 Citroën XM, 1996 Peugeot 406 and a 1996 Peugeot 605. Ronin, a John Frankenheimer... Read More

Across Paris in 8min: C’était un rendez-vous (1976)

digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; Long before Fast and Furious, the Ghost Rider and other YouTube’s overabundant homemade videos of insane street driving, Oscar-winning director, Claude Lelouch, shot C’etait un rendez-vous (It Was an Appointment), a 9 min short. The only point of view is from the front bumper of a car, crossing Paris at very high speed, taking one way streets in reverse and running red lights. Only at the end do we understand why the driver was in... Read More