1. Focus on
three clips from the film before the opening : 1. The launch of the Mac computer in 1984; 2. The launch of a new computer by NeXT Computer; 3. The first launch of the iMac by Apple in 1998.
The point is not on that exciting launch, but before the chaotic and tense launch. To paraphrase Joanna Hoffman's line: It's all about 5 minutes before the launch.
Before the launch of the Mac computer, the voice demonstration could not be realized, and Jobs strongly demanded that this function must be implemented, otherwise he would humiliate the relevant designers in public. Time Magazine didn't use him on the cover, and he threw the magazine in a fit of rage. His girlfriend brought her daughter Lisa to negotiate with Jobs, and he lied to shirk. Partner Steve Wozniacki asked Jobs to pay tribute to the apple2 team, and Jobs refused without a room for discussion. Despite objections from board members, Mac's controversial commercial was asked to air between Super Bowl games. Tough, short-tempered, lying and evasive, with a strong desire to control, such Jobs was formed in the first clip. Relying almost on the power of the characters' conflicting dialogue, the audience deeply appreciates the "Reality Distortion Field" that Jobs possessed.
Jobs and Sculley face-to-face in the channel ahead of NeXT Computer's launch of a new computer. Interspersed are memories of how Sculley ousted Jobs from Apple. Intense arguments, flashbacks full of frustrated memories, Jobs is still proud, but no longer as full of hostility as the beginning. The way he gets along with his youngest daughter Lisa has also changed from the rejection at the beginning to a friendly relationship, although it is not close.
Before Apple's first iMac launch event in 1998, it was still full of gunpowder-smelling squabbles. Compared with the exquisite and superior product performance of the iMac, this time the screenwriter focused on the tension between Jobs and his daughter Lisa. In reality, until Jobs died, his relationship with his daughter was far from harmonious. Jobs refused to pay for his daughter Lisa to attend Harvard, and began an argument with Joanna Hoffman. Guilt of not being a good father and paranoid accusations of ex-girlfriends battled in Jobs' mind. Lisa, who was reluctant to show up, added to this anxiety. How should Jobs deal with his bad relationship with his daughter? Finally saw the soft side of Jobs in the film. Expose lies, let go of violence, and be honest with lisa. "Yes, the Lisa computer is obviously named after you," Jobs said.
2. Two story lines are intertwined.
Three segments strung together two story lines. One is Jobs and Apple, and the other is Jobs and his daughter Lisa.
Dictatorship—Leave—Return—Bright Again
Jobs dominated Apple, and Apple had a serious impact on Jobs’ life.
Abandonment - Befriending - Guilt - Reconciliation
Lisa went from stranger to Steve Jobs' honey.
From the development of the two story lines, we can clearly see the transformation of Jobs' character. With multiple levels of transformation, he is, after all, a Jobs with a complex personality.
The beauty of Aaron Sorkin's screenplay is not to give up on a complicated Jobs. Although it can be expected that once such a movie is released, it will cause disgust among fruit fans. In fact, Jobs is not a good person, nor a bad person. Jobs is Jobs, a person who injects infinite enthusiasm for products, is full of perfectionism and persistence in design, but is violent and selfish.
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