Legendary director Michael Mann has launched his own collection of archival content surrounding his 2023 film “Ferrari.”
The new interactive website offers a new glimpse into the influential “Heat” filmmaker’s process, including 20 mini documentary videos detailing Mann and his actors’ work from training and rehearsals through shooting, camera and art department strategies to impact drama, the design and engineering of replica race cars, camera systems, the tragic crash at Guidizzolo and more.
The archive also includes Mann’s annotated script pages, notes to himself on intent, his photo storyboards and captured audio.
Starting today, access to the “Ferrari” archives can be purchased for $65 on Mann’s website. Each user will own a unique access pass allowing them to enter and explore the archive’s extensive collection at their own pace and in perpetuity.
“The Silence of the Lambs” producer Edward Saxon calls the project “a unique, essential addition to film and filmmaking scholarship. Brilliant. Immersive. As close as you can get to understanding a filmmaker’s process, and the entire Mann filmmaking process without being on set. It’s also tremendous fun.”
Criterion Senior Producer Curtis Tsui said, “I loved hearing Michael narrate about how he directed a scene while watching that scene play back, or hearing the breakdown of why La Traviata was so important while analyzing the construction of the scene. My favorite things were the paper elements, so all of that — the screenplay, the notes about scenes plus handwriting — is really special.”
The Mann archives will be available initially in the U.S., U.K., Europe and Canada, with additional international releases to follow.
