
In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, shrouded in shadows below a milky apple, Steve Jobs' image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on the stage? What accounted for the grief of so many across the world when he died? From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, 'Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine' is a critical examination of Jobs who was at once revered as an iconoclastic genius and a barbed-tongued tyrant. A candid look at Jobs' legacy featuring interviews with a h... (Full plot summary below)
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In his signature black turtleneck and blue jeans, shrouded in shadows below a milky apple, Steve Jobs' image was ubiquitous. But who was the man on the stage? What accounted for the grief of so many across the world when he died? From Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, 'Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine' is a critical examination of Jobs who was at once revered as an iconoclastic genius and a barbed-tongued tyrant. A candid look at Jobs' legacy featuring interviews with a handful of those close to him at different stages in his life, the film is evocative and nuanced in capturing the essence of the Apple legend and his values which shape the culture of Silicon Valley to this day.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertGibney creates a film that is as visually stunning as it is dramatically charged. |
| The Public (Buffalo)M. FaustPerhaps because this film follows his much-seen expose of Scientology, Going Clear, Gibney seems especially struck by the cultishness with which so many people seem to regard Jobs. |
| OregonianJeff BakerRather than explore and embrace the contradictions within Jobs ("he had the focus of a monk but none of the empathy" is the best he can do), Gibney puts the hammer down. |
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA chilling portrait of an icon who remains revered for spearheading so many technological innovations despite his general contempt for humanity and his utter lack of people skills. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA thought-provoking and ethically-charged documentary about the Apple computer entrepreneur. |
| L.A. BizAnnlee EllingsonThe movie comes off as less a portrait of a complicated man than a pendulum swing from deity to devil. |
| TheWrapInkoo Kang"Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine" is still wholly engrossing, especially in its first half, when it tells its thrilling creation stories. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaBrings home the complexities and contradictions of the man. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsLouis ProyectGibney has a really great ability to consider the contradictions that made up Steve Jobs, a thorough scumbag who had an artist's flair for technology. |
| Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeGibney is convincing on every front. And while Apple (big surprise) refused to cooperate — meaning that key players like Jony Ive and Tim Cook are all but invisible in this story — he gets enough of Jobs' collaborators on camera to lend emotional color to the portrait. |