Quick tour of Paris !

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I have this film on DVD, best £14.99 I spent in a long time.

The most interesting question posed by the film is "who was driving the Ferrari?".  Unless he was gifted with the reflexes of an F1 driver, it wasn't Lelouch himself - indeed he argued this at the subsequent trial when he refused to name the driver.  Certainly upon viewing the film, it's obvious that whoever is driving the car either knows exactly what they're doing to millimetre perfection, or is certifiably mad.

Rumours persist that Lelouch actually hired an F1 driver for the film, although the identity of the driver remains a mystery.  Could it have been a French national like Arnoux or Jabouille?  Could have even been Villeneuve?

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Doobrey wrote:

Lelouch admitted many years later in an interview (link)that he was the driver..and also that he was driving a Mercedes, but the audio was a Ferrari.

There has been speculation that the soundtrack was dubbed, kind of takes away some of the mystery though to hear that Lelouch has confirmed this.  The scene where the car goes through the short tunnel with all twelve cylinders screaming away makes the hairs on my neck stand on end.

However, anyone notice the total absence of body roll when the car is cornering?  Either the camera is extremely well stabilised or the car it's attached to has very, very stiff suspension.