Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
September. 04,2015 RWhen Steve Jobs died the world wept. But what accounted for the grief of millions of people who didn’t know him? This evocative film navigates Jobs' path from a small house in the suburbs, to zen temples in Japan, to the CEO's office of the world's richest company, exploring how Jobs’ life and work shaped our relationship with the computer. The Man in the Machine is a provocative and sometimes startling re-evaluation of the legacy of an icon.
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Wow! Such a good movie.
Did you people see the same film I saw?
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
Wow this really sucks! It doesn't even need a review, it just sucks. Pretentious, driven (don't know what Jobs did to the director to produce such an obscenity) and technically pathetic. The music is bad, the editing is worse, the script is absolutely awful and it doesn't connect you to the story; and last of all points, but maybe the most important, it lacks of intensity which the man certainly had, it lacks of passion which the man certainly had and it focuses on the first part of his life when for Jobs' own confession he made mistakes. If you want to know anything about the man behind the most innovative and successful company on the planet (data-analysis say that) read the book of Walter Isaacson. That is complete, not driven (neither in a good or a bad way), truthful and fluently written.
The movie is the epitome of logical fallacies and propaganda. Alex Gibney has a very biased representation of Steve Jobs attributing to him some universal wrongs like the pollution in China. Nothing in the movie really portrays who Steve Jobs was. Gibney tried to invent the wheel by recycling old information and put in a different context. His resources are false and biased, his arguments are mediocre and not well supported, and there are chronological mistakes as well. Yet, he portrays people as bunch of idiots for liking Steve Jobs who in reality is an evil person purposely trying to enslave everyone in his magical "Apple Eco-system" .I find it immoral Gibney including an interview of Steve Jobs who already was deathly ill at the time and on pain killers in order to portray him as a villain .Last, including only people who were disappointed from Steve Jobs such as Chrisann Brennan , and Daniel Kottke rather his widow and close friends makes a one side conversation.
Film Review: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. Academy Award Winning Director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side - 2008) loves his "behind the scenes" look at people and events (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - 2015). So, it 's no surprise he's ready and able to take on Steve Jobs. This look at Apple/Jobs moving quickly pass the start up years of Apple, and focuses primarily on Jobs' work ethics (and/or lack there of). Through select interviews and replaying of testimony, the viewer is provided a unique look into Jobs' personal, public and work life persona - all showing a bundle contradictions. However, be this information new or old to the viewer, there is no question the Man behind the Machine (Apple) produced one of today's most innovative products.
This film was a rather bizarre affair. It starts as a love letter to Steve Jobs. A tribute even. Then you realise that you're actually watching the history of Apple and this is not a Steve Jobs biography (which is what I expected). However, then, you realise it's actually a hate letter to the whole of Apple. You spend quite a long time hearing about Foxconn which is the Chinese company that produces most of Apple's products and you're not exactly sure why and how it fits in (it doesn't). Then follows some more personal attacks on Jobs including, people who make indirect accusations and who imply negative facts without actually explaining why they say what it is they are saying on film.The film lacks direction and purpose. It is a waste of time (unjustifiably too long), money and effort (on the part of the audience).