Not shortlisted for Best Picture, but the narrative is exceptionally good and accessible, restoring Steve Jobs’ wildly stubborn life, his understanding of technology, the peaks and valleys of a maniac, through the backstage of three launches, all well presented. So, even if it’s not one of the best eight, it’s a film that just doesn’t look like it wants to stop.
Steve Jobs was not shortlisted for Best Picture, but the narrative is exceptionally good and accessible, restoring Steve Jobs’ wildly stubborn life, his understanding of technology, the peaks and valleys of a maniac, all through the backstage of three conferences. So, even if it’s not one of the best eight, it’s a film that just doesn’t look like it wants to stop.
After the passing of Lord Joe, various documentaries and biopics came out to memorialise the tech mogul and at the same time milk his aura for all it was worth, and of the many film and TV versions, the highest quality was this Steve Jobs, which didn’t go grainy at the Oscars, but there’s no denying that French Shark’s portrayal of Steve Jobs in a graphic performance greatly enhanced the gold of that little gold medal for Little Lee, and the minimalist three-part structure made this very specialist film as individual as the product Jobs was after, to the very best of its design.
Steve Jobs was not shortlisted for Best Picture, but the narrative is particularly good and accessible, restoring Jobs’ wildly stubborn life, his understanding of technology, the peaks and valleys of a maniac, through the backstage of three launches, all well presented. So, even if it’s not one of the best eight, it’s a film that you don’t want to stop watching.
The three launches, respectively :
The launch of Apple’s first personal computer, the Macintosh, in 1984.
In 1988, the launch of the Black Cube by NeXT, founded by Steve Jobs.
In 1998, Steve Jobs returned to Apple to launch the iMac personal computer again.
There is no need for people to know what kind of products these are, in any case there is no Apple phone. The film shows a man’s stubbornness, business philosophy, and attitude towards his relatives, all shown very thoroughly through the arguments and rights and wrongs on the back stage. Jobs is harsh, determined not to thank the Apple II group at the launch, determined not to be compatible with other computer products and determined not to compromise with his partners.
The film has a great deal in common with Jobs, which is particularly interesting. Jobs’ products that are lean and minimalist, not a single extra slot, not compatible with other products, and the film is the same, no extra characters or scenes, just the most crucial parts built to the extreme.
There are only a handful of characters who appear in the film, each acting like a mirror of Jobs, reflecting different aspects of his life in a very obvious way. His partner, Wozniacki, the man who fired him out of Apple, John Scully, an engineer named Andy, all three reflect Jobs’ world view, his harshness, his quest for perfection, and his relentlessness, and establish him quite clearly.
Then when he meets the three women, his emotions become ambiguous and ambiguous again, as if Lisa the machine or Lisa the daughter came first, and Jobs’ world becomes elusive. Daughter Lisa, Lisa’s mother, and Joanna, the head of marketing and publicity, all of whom had a very delicate relationship with Jobs.
The ultimate product creates the ultimate experience, and Steve Jobs, as a film that strives for the ultimate, plays tribute to the late Joe’s gang in terms of product philosophy.
There is one element of the film that is important, and that is respect. In Jobs’ dictionary, there is only right and wrong, not respect, so he doesn’t pretend to be polite and thank the Apple II division, which, put another way, is actually a kind of respect.
After watching this film, we give the same respect back to Steve Jobs, just respect, not worship. Respect not for his career, which changed an industry and to some extent people’s ideas of life with his own efforts, but for his ability to stick to his pursuits and never compromise. Even greater respect goes to Michael Fassbender and the entire cast, whose outstanding performances are irreplaceable.
