How ‘Ferrari’ Was Forged

Michael Mann doesn’t just make movies. He builds them from scratch. The director tells me that, before shooting Ferrari, he and his team put together a packet containing the specifications needed to assemble a fleet of 1950s race cars. “Here’s a picture of it, if you’d like,” Mann says during a video call in November, holding up a page with specs of his favorite vehicle of the bunch, the Ferrari 335 S.