Steve Jobs, Legend and Sophistication

Ferne 2022-03-23 09:01:50

Obviously, it is almost impossible to show the complex life of Steve Jobs through a film. Jobs and the Apple legend he created are as fascinating as his complex personality and the grudges with his relatives, colleagues and friends.

This film uses a different conventional biopic narrative method, focusing on the three important products of Jobs before his death - the Mac that started the personal computer history, the NeXT formed when he left Apple, and the release of the iMac after returning to Apple. Through Jobs, colleagues and partners , ex-girlfriend and daughter, revealing his uniquely paranoid product aesthetics, as well as his astonishingly difficult to judge moral character. A distinct and three-dimensional Steve Jobs, he is pure, insists on a closed end-to-end product structure, and firmly believes that his unique and perfect products can change the world. But in terms of secular morality, Jobs was a complete mess, abandoning his wife and daughter, and even being ungrateful. But that's the real reality of Jobs.

The dense lines and the omission of the background of the characters and products require a certain basic knowledge to understand the film, which also weakens the watchability of the film. But this is a uniquely good film about the real Steve Jobs.

View more about Steve Jobs reviews

Extended Reading
  • Summer 2021-11-30 08:01:27

    I like quarreling so much, I thought the director was David O. Russell...

  • Krystal 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Not filming his life, not filming press conferences, but only filming three backstage shows was a bold idea, and it was a passable implementation. But the ending still feels rushed. After watching it, the impression of Jobs is really annoying. . . Whose fault is this? Is it a good thing or a bad thing that the directing style is so strong that it jumps out every minute?

Steve Jobs quotes

  • Andy Hertzfeld: Skip over - everything else is working, skip over the voice demo.

    Steve Jobs: Fix it.

    Andy Hertzfeld: In forty minutes.

    Steve Jobs: Fix it.

    Andy Hertzfeld: I can't.

    Steve Jobs: Who's the person who can?

    Andy Hertzfeld: I'm the person who can, and I can't.

  • Steve Jobs: The exit signs have to be off or we're not gonna get a full blackout.

    Andrea Cunningham: We've spoken to the building manager and the fire marshal.

    Steve Jobs: And?

    Andrea Cunningham: They're absolutely no way they're letting us turn the exit signs off.

    Steve Jobs: I'll pay whatever the fine is.

    Andrea Cunningham: The fine is they're gonna come in and tell everyone to leave.

    Steve Jobs: You explained to the fire marshal that we're in here changing the world.

    Andrea Cunningham: Well...

    Steve Jobs: Did you?

    Andrea Cunningham: Yes, but unless we can also change the properties of fire, he doesn't care.

    Joanna Hoffman: Steve...

    Steve Jobs: If a fire causes a stampede to the unmarked exits, it will have been well worth it for those who survive. For those who don't, less so, but still pretty good.

    Andrea Cunningham: Listen...

    Steve Jobs: I need it to go black, real black. Get rid of the exit signs, and don't let me know how you did it.