TRIBECA’ 15 INTERVIEW: DAVID GELB & NIGEL SINCLAIR ON KEEPING UP WITH “A FASTER HORSE”
On getting an unprecedented look inside the development of the 2015 Ford Mustang.
by Stephen Saito
April 25, 2015
www.moveablefest.com
When Nigel Sinclair first recruited David Gelb to make a film about the Ford Mustang, timed to the 50th anniversary of the iconic American car, he passed along a copy of Walter Isaacson’s biography of Apple founder Steve Jobs to him for inspiration.
“That was incredibly helpful because if you look at especially the iPhone, it’s an incredible piece of technology, but because of the way [Jobs] packaged it with the phone plans, almost anybody could afford it,” said Gelb, whose film “A Faster Horse” looks at the Mustang’s place in American culture. “So when you’re able to bring an aspirational item down to an affordable price, it can really change the world.”
