Michael Mann’s new film contrasts the frenetic action of racing sports cars with the more formal staging of Enzo Ferrari’s interpersonal rivalries and driving ambition, writes Adrian Pennington.
ust as the template for Days of Thunder was Top Gun so Ferrari borrows camerawork straight out of Top Gun: Maverick though these two films are worlds apart in all other respects.
Michael Mann’s new film is a period drama about motorsport mastermind Enzo Ferrari’s determination to win the automotive business race while pushing his test drivers to the limit.
“We were going to be driving these cars extremely fast over kilometres of country so we needed cameras that would be lightweight and robust enough,” explained Director of Photography Erik Messerschmidt ASC of the film’s signature racing scenes which included...
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