Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” is full of cinematic moments of bravery, but perhaps the most surprising is a car crash that recalls the terror and danger of sports car racing in the 1950s, an era before many popular protective features, not to mention modern ones. braking systems. As with everything in the film and Mann’s filmography, verisimilitude was of paramount importance; few administrators have Mann’s reputation for rigor in studies and accuracy. However, in figuring out how to level out this horrific accident, Mann was faced with a problem. “There are many accounts of the accident that differ dramatically,” Mann told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “In one story we read that [the car crashed into] a wedding party and the driver was decapitated. That’s not true. “
