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A vintage, vehicular treat for a Friday afternoon. The 10 minute legendary short, C'était un Rendez-vous (directed by Claude Lelouch) shows a driver tear through the almost-deserted daybreak streets of 1976 Paris in a Ferrari 275 GTB. At once soothingly hypnotic and heart-racing, the seamless first-person long-take culminates with its driver arriving to meet with a beautiful blonde.

Upon release, the short-subject film was extremely controversial - people were outraged that the movie was shot illegally and without permits, endangering motorists and pedestrians alike. Legend is that Lelouch was arrested immediately following the first showing. There was wild speculation over who the driver was; rumors of an unnamed Formula 1 driver, a taxi driver, and Lelouch himself. 

Today, the film is recognized as a cult staple, and ranks with other great racing sequences. It turns out that the vehicle was actually a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9, and the Ferrari was dubbed into the audio track during post-production. A special nod as well to our own Parisian street racing experience, which was released originally 9 years ago this month.

Left - Claude Lelouch and his Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9, with a gyro stabilized camera. Right - A Ferrari 275 GTB.

To celebrate the launch of Max Payne Mobile (currently available for iOS devices, and coming in the next week or so to Android as well) we're giving Social Club members the chance to bag this bespoke, 3rd generation (yup, that's the new one), 16Gb iPad.  

Head on over to the Social Club and fill in the form to stake your claim for this very limited-edition iPad complete with the iconic black and white original Max Payne image, scratch-proof finish and a Home button styled out with the Rockstar logo.

The entry period closes this Monday, April 30th and we'll pick one lucky winner at random. We'll also deliver Max Payne 3 Prize Packs - including official t-shirts, posters and more - to five randomly selected runners-up. Good luck.

http://socialclub.rockstargames.com/sweepstakes/maxpayneipad

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void in certain countries and where prohibited. Must be 17 or older. Ends April 30, 2012. See www.rockstargames.com/socialclub/events for complete official rules and eligibility details.

We've just stocked our New Arrivals section of the Rockstar Warehouse with new Max Payne 3 gear first seen earlier this month at PAX East in Boston.

All available for purchase now to customers internationally, we've got a pair of fresh new t-shirts in the Rockstar Bullet Tee , perfect to gear up for Bullet Time®, and the official Max Payne 3 Logo Tee to make your excitement for next month's return of Max readily apparent. We've also updated the Posters section of the Warehouse with the game's Official Poster faithful to the cover art you'll see on shelves in just a few weeks. As an added bonus and by popular demand (shout to Social Club members @NYPDMAXPAYNE @maciej595revan and others) we've also created digital desktops of the cover art which you can grab now at the Max Payne 3 Downloads section. 

Enjoy all and hit the jump for more detailed product descriptions of the new gear.

Check out this brand-new selection of Max Payne 3 Action Series digital desktops, backgrounds, avatars and icons - now available for download and added to the backgrounds seen at the game's official site.

This week's set features Max descending into the favelas of São Paulo in his search for Fabiana Branco, a close-up of Max reloading his laser sight equipped PT92 handgun and a hi-res edition of Max wielding the M4 Super 90 as originally seen in our recent Shotguns of Max Payne 3 feature.

Grab these and the previously released backgrounds from the Action Series at the Max Payne 3 official site Downloads section or here at Rockstar Downloads - also including sizes tailored for mobile devices, Twitter backgrounds (1280x1024), and Facebook Covers.







Previously:
Action Series Wallpapers Featuring Dual-Wielding and NY Standoff
Action Series Wallpapers Featuring Kill-Cam, Shootdodge & More
 

For a taste of International Noir, particularly in subtropical climates with a pressure-cooker of desperate downtrodden masses and ruthless crime syndicates, we’re happy to recommend our LA-area fans (or those who will be there over the next week) pay a visit to the renowned and very fun revival house, Cinefamily, to check out their Jamaican Noir: The Cinema of Dread festival starting today. Featuring Jimmy Cliff’s landmark 1972 gangster film “The Harder They Come” and several others, as they describe:

“Jamaican cinema is Third World cinema: rife with strife, bursting with the insuppressible creativity of the oppressed — don’t get it twisted. Watching a documentary like Stepping Razor: Red X and witnessing Peter Tosh wield a sword on stage while he MCs, or seeing a rasta preach literally to the hills about the need for help in his people’s struggle in the Herzog-esque Land of Look Behind, or following “Horsemouth” in Rockers on a epic hunt through Kingston to retrieve his stolen motorbike (in a kind of reggae re-working of The Bicycle Thief) will rewire your brain, and open your ears to the dark side of dub.”

Also – while it’s a couple decades removed from this festival’s focus on the heady 70s, for some pretty raw Noir action set in Jamaica – and a detective character perhaps even more trigger-happy than Max Payne himself - we recommend you track down 1999’s “Third World Cop.” Check out that film’s theatrical trailer after the jump.

At the official Max Payne 3 site today, you'll find the latest intelligence dossier documenting one of the game's most notorious forces, the Crachá Preto paramilitary faction of São Paulo. The detailed file on this ruthless vigilante squad reveals that they're far from an amateur band of gunmen - their 400 strong army consists of hardened and highly-trained specialized police, firefighters and even rogue active military men.

Although they claim to be a 'community self-defense force', the report reveals a more sinister side with a history of extortion, blackmail and drug trafficking - amongst other nefarious deeds. Their leader, Álvaro Neves and right-hand man, Milo Rego are men to be feared - and will not hesitate to deploy swift and violent action against any perceived enemy or obstructionist threat.

Check out the file including a selection of brand new Max Payne 3 screenshots here.

Previously:
The Fabiana Branco Dossier
The Comando Sombra Gang File
 

Announcing a 3-part original Max Payne 3 comic series created in partnership between Rockstar Games and Marvel Custom Solutions - to be released as a digital graphic novel and in limited print editions.

Written by Dan Houser and Remedy's Sam Lake, and featuring cover art from Greg Horn and pencils and inks by Fernando Blanco, this original Max Payne 3  comic series will delve into Max's troubled past - exploring the events that occurred in and around both Max Payne and Max Payne 2, leading up to Max Payne 3 while also shedding new light on Max's early years.

Look for Issue #1: "After the Fall" to be released in the next few weeks for free via the Rockstar Newswire, the Max Payne 3 Official Site and additional digital comic channels. Stay tuned for more updates.

TM & © 2012 Marvel & Subs.
 

A piece you may have first seen representing part one of our Max Payne 3 multiplayer gameplay video series, "Ambush" is also the first in a new series of artwork inspired by the intense original Multiplayer modes from the game. In this Gang Wars scene, an assault rifle wielding Tropa Z works out his next move as swarming members of the UFE stand over one of his fallen teammate comrades.

Download "Ambush" in the full range of desktop and mobile wallpaper sizes, backgrounds, buddy icons, avatars and Facebook Cover version - all at the Rockstar Games Downloads section or at the Max Payne 3 official site.

Previously:
Max Payne 3 Original Artwork: "Reckoning"
Max Payne 3 Original Artwork: "Transfer Deadline"
Max Payne 3 Original Artwork: "Downpour"