Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

2015
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2h 8m

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A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.

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Steve Jobs

Self - Co-Founder, Apple Computers
(archive footage)

Alex Gibney

Self - Narrator
(voice)

Steve Wozniak

Self - Co-Founder, Apple Computers
(archive footage)

Michael S. Malone

Self - Tech Journalist

Nolan Bushnell

Self - Co-Founder, Atari

Regis McKenna

Self - Hi-Tech Marketing Consultant

Michael Moritz

Self - Venture Capitalist

Sherry Turkle

Self - Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and the Self

Bob Belleville

Self - Director of Engineering, Macintosh

Chris Espinosa

Self - Manager, User Education
(archive footage)

Michael Murray

Self - Director of Marketing
(archive footage)

Rony Sebok

Self - Software Engineer
(archive footage)

Bud Tribble

Self - Software Manager
(archive footage)

Daniel Kottke

Self - Friend & Apple Technician

Kobun Chino Otogawa

Self - Job's Spiritual Adviser
(archive footage)

Chrisann Brennan

Self - Author, The Bite in the Apple

Michael Hawley

Self - NeXT Engineer & Friend

Joe Nocera

Self - Journalist

Director
- Alex Gibney
Writer
- Alex Gibney
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Trivia
Apple senior executive Eddy Cue was quick to express his disappointment in this documentary, describing the film on Twitter as "an inaccurate and mean-spirited view of my friend" and "not a reflection of the Steve I knew."

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Himself - Narrator: In the end I was left with the same question with which I began this journey: Why did so many strangers weep for Steve Jobs? It is just simple to say it was because he gave us products we love, without asking why we love them the way we do. It is too simple even to conclude that we love them because they connect us to a wider world and the people in our lives that are far away. Because these machines isolate us too. Perhaps the contradictory nature of our experience with these gadgets, narrates the contradictions of Jobs himself: He was an artist who sought perfection, but could never found peace. He had the focus of a monk, but none of the empathy. He offered us freedom, but only within his closed garden to which he held the key.

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Features Apple Mac: 1984 (1983)

Soundtracks
Mr. Tambourine Man
(uncredited)
Written by Bob Dylan
Performed by Bob Dylan

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Featured review

8/10

A Key Piece of the Puzzle

A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. According to critics, a very biased and negative look at these aspects, but who knows? I personally didn't find it to be that negative. Yes, some bad things are said about Jobs, but those are the opinions of the speaker, and the fact is that he was involved in some shady things. Overall, I thought this was pretty fair.

We get a good overview of computer history, phreaking and more. I have to compare to "Steve Jobs", the Oscar-nominated film. As good as that was, it did not touch on some of the best things of this documentary. The hacking? I would love to have known more. I also now see why Ashton Kutcher was cast in the other Jobs biopic. Fassbinder is the better actor, but wow, Kutcher actually bears a resemblance to Jobs. It is remarkable.