Ferrari Mailing List: Ford vs Ferrari

[Michel Savard (mysavard]

From the clips I saw, there seems to be a lot of computer generated shots. I 
hate those. RUSH had a lot of them, so did Stallone’s movie and most action 
modern movies. It all looks so fake, so easy to spot. It’s ridiculous.
There is also a shot of Miles actually turning his head almost backwards in his 
cockpit to look at an accident that just happened. No racing driver turns his 
head while driving at over 100 mph. Any film maker who wants to make a racing 
movie should be forced to watch GRAND PRIX. The 1967 movie by John 
Frankenheimer. Not only forced to watch the movie, but also THE MAKING OF THE 
MOVIE on the compact disc. They didn’t have computers back then. Still the 
racing looks so real. Greatest racing movie ever. And, there is a story to 
follow. I remember James Garner barely moving his eyes sideways after seeing an 
accident, NOT turning his head backwards

If you want the real story, the book GO LIKE HELL by A.J. Baime (ISBN 
978-0-618-82219-5) is the book (300 pages) to read. It starts from day one when 
FORD decided, after his frustration of not being able to buy Ferrari in 1963, 
to go all out and BUY Lemans to the 4th win in a row in 1969.

Ken Miles appears a lot in the preview. I hope they do him justice in the movie 
because he got screwed big time at the end. He should have won the 1966 race 
not McLaren/Hulme. He had developed the car, won Daytona and Sebring. He 
deserved it.

Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)