Ford v Ferrari

February 10, 2020

In Ford v Ferrari, an ambitious car racer turned manufacturer and a fiery driver are hired by the Ford 

automotive company to take down Ferrari’s stranglehold on car racing and become the first American team to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the most prestigious endurance car race in the world.

Hollywood A-listers Matt Damon, who plays Carrol Shelby, and Christian Bale, who plays Ken Miles, co-star in this drama set in mid-1960s America and France. Their chemistry on screen and fun jabs at one another carry this film.

Directed by James Mangold of Logan, the film puts the viewer in the mind of Bale’s character during racing scenes, by using intense racetrack audio and cutting between external views of Miles’ car and him inside.The Best Picture category usually has one or two “feel-good” nominees which tell a classic underdog story. Ford v Ferrari is certainly one of these, as the audience is made to root for Shelby and Miles over Ferrari’s team and uptight Ford executives. Last year, a similarly toned Green Book took home Best Picture, so Ford v Ferrari’s story does not necessarily mean it cannot win, but it certainly has a more conventional plot than other nominees like Parasite and The Irishman.

— Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief

Click here to watch the trailer on Youtube

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