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I have a really hard time believing this wasn't staged. When are the streets of Paris -- a city nearly as densely populated as Manhattan -- ever this empty during daylight hours?
I have a really hard time believing this wasn't staged. When are the streets of Paris -- a city nearly as densely populated as Manhattan -- ever this empty during daylight hours?
It wasn't staged, the director was almost arrested when the film premiered. It was filmed very early in the morning right at daybreak. What most people don't realize about Paris even at that time is that the main commercial center is not in the downtown. The main business district lies on the outside of the city. If you get up first thing in the morning in the heart of Paris, it is rather empty as it is mainly residential and tourist in that area.
It wasn't staged, the director was almost arrested when the film premiered. It was filmed very early in the morning right at daybreak. What most people don't realize about Paris even at that time is that the main commercial center is not in the downtown. The main business district lies on the outside of the city. If you get up first thing in the morning in the heart of Paris, it is rather empty as it is mainly residential and tourist in that area.
The first night I was in Seoul, the streets were packed and bustling. But when we got up the next morning and went out to look for coffee, we couldn't find any---it was deserted. When I lived in the French Quarter, I walked to work in the morning, and I could walk down the middle of Bourbon Street---there was nobody about.
There is an extensive article in Wikipedia about this film:
There's a detailed technical analysis of the film which shows that a top speed of 136 mph was attained, at the 189-second mark of the actual running. That would be at about 3:30 of the YouTube counter, shortly after the bus pulls out..
It's also fair to mention that this was a while ago, and I'm sure it might be harder to do it again today, as Paris, like most cities are feeling the results of more cars per capita.
That said, people do stunts like these all the time, it's just a matter of not really caring about the law nor any potential consequence.
I've driven through a deserted City of London in the early hours of the morning on more than one occasion. It was a few years ago and I wasn't looking to break any speed limits and it was a woderful experience to seemingly have the place to yourself! Oh, and there was no congestion charge in those days!
It wasn't staged, the director was almost arrested when the film premiered. It was filmed very early in the morning right at daybreak. What most people don't realize about Paris even at that time is that the main commercial center is not in the downtown. The main business district lies on the outside of the city. If you get up first thing in the morning in the heart of Paris, it is rather empty as it is mainly residential and tourist in that area.
At 5am the streets in my city aren't empty enough to do that without killing yourself and/or someone else. And it's not nearly as dense as Paris. Maybe people just start stirring a little earlier here. Or maybe it's because my city is laid out in a grid pattern where you cross a major thoroughfare at a minimum of at least every mile, often every half-mile. Definitely not conducive to "fk it all" bonzai runs like this.
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Does "ripping" through as a passenger on a tour bus count for me?
