But what I want to emphasize is that the film is not a documentary. The film does not necessarily create the real Steve Jobs. What the film does is the role of the screenwriter and director that has been artistically processed and designed for the conflict of drama. Only from the perspective of film, this film has created a new benchmark for biopics. It is like Marilyn Monroe interpreted by Andy Warhol in pop art, under an empty symbol, digging out its true colors.
This script does not use a chronological narrative similar to "Social Network" Zuckerberg went from testing Facebook on campus to becoming a millionaire. Its narrative is character-based, it is just the preparation process for three conferences, Apple II, NeXT, to iMac. These three conferences may not be the most important moments in Jobs’ career, so in terms of time and logic, the choice of these three conferences has nothing to do with each other. They all use a series of news clips, or even just a series of news. A shot of driving fast across the Golden Gate Bridge. But in the preparation process, this script focused on the fierce contradictions and disputes between Jobs and several other characters. (If I'm not mistaken, there are only seven important characters in this movie.) In the three conferences, the disputes really intensified and the quarrels became more and more acute. This kind of change, this kind of intense dramatic tension, is hard to find in other biopics.
This is a biopic piled up with lines. Its amazing speed reminds me of Billy Wilder's "The Romance of the Jade Girl", using the amazing speed of speech to construct a satire of the arrogant business elites. In the beginning, Steve Jobs responded to all requests with satire, intimidation and abuse. Its lines are very sharp, so sharp that you don’t know how the screenwriter thinks of these words that are more subtle than dirty words. These lines that force other characters to betray their relatives quickly portray Jobs as a cold, indifferent, but domineering. Anti-hero image. I'm really going to do a second scan. These conversations are too informative.
But the director Boyle is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he added fuel to the creation of this anti-hero character. He inherited the continuous flashback method in "Slumdog Millionaire", and even used fancy editing in the film, the metaphors of various pictures, the contrast of various editing, and the film was very delicate. Especially in the second press conference, Boyle was portrayed as the coronation ceremony of the king. The music used classical waltz. The picture even compared Steve Jobs to Napoleon. It was elegant and graceful, but it satirized Jobs deeply.
Let's talk about performances. In a word, I have a hunch that this is the best group performance this year, and Fasha may become the actor!
I don’t know if the creator did it deliberately. It seems to have always emphasized the drama of Jobs as a character in the mission. All the scenes seem to be scenes of theatrical stage. The performance is extremely dramatic, and the creator has three press conferences. Telling the story of Jobs seems to be because the press conference takes place in the theater, where there are stages and audiences. The story of Jobs is a scene the audience is watching. To me, before watching the movie, Jobs seemed to be a person's name, but after watching the movie, behind this name was a life like a drama.
Finally, please look forward to it. If I predict it correctly, next year’s Oscars, the best director, best adapted screenplay, and best actor of this movie are all very interesting! Some of my friends said that this movie is a bit sensational. It does not have the cold feeling of the previous script of the Great God Suo Jin. However, if you handle it this way, most people will like it better, because the sensational thing itself is a kind of easy to make. The way the audience (enter) ming (pit) together.
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