Ford: The Man and the Machine

This is a warts and all biographical film about Ford. Warts would be too mild a term. He at times approached being a real life supervillain, something not seen again in business until Elon Musk.

But unlike the silver spoon fed Musk, Ford was actually self made. He made assembly lines mainstream. Beyond that, almost everything else he did made the world worse. He busted unions, and part of that was actually good since he paid higher wages to undermine them.

He also was a vicious anti Semite who blamed Jews for everything wrong in the world, and spent a fortune spreading hatred. Here the film holds back a lot. Ford admired Hitler. He built his home imitating Hitler's. He was awarded a medal by Hitler. He had actual Nazis using his factories to recruit. And Hitler's invasion force used Ford trucks.

The family part of the film is dull and uninteresting. So is the soap opera part with his mistress. Fast forward to the critical parts and be aware that Ford was even worse than this shows.