GT40 Ford at night, in the rain, at LeMans with Ken Miles driving.  All photos by Paul Goldfinger taken off the TV screen.  Click on the photos.

Christian Bale as Ken Miles  racing in the rain.

Diminished visibility and danger at LeMans, at night. in the rain.

Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby  holding his Ferrari  stopwatch.

By Paul Goldfinger, film reviewer at Blogfinger.net.

This film is beautifully done and is directed by James Mangold. It received a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.   It is about international car racing at a major French course  called Le Mans, where national pride is at stake, but also competition among men with immense talent and skill.

Ferrari, the Italian royalty of car racing machines, usually wins the 24 hour challenging and world famous LeMans race competition.  But the Ford company wants to wear the mantle of producing not only practical cars for…