Maybe that's why I didn't like putting on/off switches on Apple devices.” “In my perspective.science and computer science is a liberal art, it's something everyone should know how to use, at least, and harness in their life.” “It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough. But maybe it's just like an on/off switch and click-and you're gone.
I like to believe the accumulated wisdom doesn't just disappear when you die, but somehow it endures. The judgment by trade bible "Variety," however, was somewhat more cynical, saying Boyle, Sorkin and Fassbender "have given their subject the brilliant, maddening, ingeniously designed and monstrously self-aggrandizing movie he deserves.“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world? ” “It's better to be a pirate than join the Navy.” “I like to believe there's an afterlife.
"Time Out New York" drew parallels between the film and the real life Steve Jobs, opining: "'Steve Jobs' the movie is a lot like Steve Jobs the person: astonishingly brilliant whenever it's not breaking your heart." The magazine praises Aaron Sorkin for writing "about America's Great Flawed Men with such fire and hyperarticulate pathos" and claims the screenwriter "outdoes his work on 'The Social Network' with an even sharper and more savage script about a tech visionary whose genius threatens to corrupt his ethics." "The Hollywood Reporter" praised the film's well paced tempo and dynamics, saying, "Danny Boyle's electric direction temperamentally complements Sorkin's highly theatrical three-act study." Before "Steve Jobs" aired at the 53rd International Film Festival in New York the biopic had its world premiere at the smaller Telluride Festival in the US state of Colorado on October 5, where initial reviews showed an overwhelmingly positive response. The third section of the film tells of Jobs' return to Apple in 1998, and the company's return to form and profitability with the iconic iMac. Steve Jobs shows his daughter Lisa Brennan (Makenzie Moss) into the digital age Phase two documents Jobs' ousting from Apple and his return to prominence with his rival company NeXT - with whom he brings a revolutionary new computer to the market which, while not commercially successful, is technologically game-changing. The film concentrates on the three pivotal phases in Jobs' life, all associated with major product launches - the first of course being the 1984 introduction of the Macintosh computer. With Fassbender, Boyle and Sorkin on board is seems hard to do any wrong. And while Fincher eventually bailed on "Steve Jobs," Sorkin remained. Incidentally, Boyle was also not the first choice for director - originally David Fincher ("Seven" and "Fight Club") was on board.įincher was also responsible for "The Social Network," about the rise of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with the screenplay written by Aaron Sorkin. Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender), with his colleagues Andy Hertzfeld (Michael Stuhlbarg) and Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet)ĭirecting the biopic is Britain's Danny Boyle - the man behind "Trainspotting" (1996) and "Slumdog Millionaire" (2009), the latter which scooped up no less than eight Oscars. But hardly third choice, Fassbender's performance has been unanimously praised after the film's New York premiere. Originally Christian Bale was earmarked for the role, and later Leonardo DiCaprio entered into discussions. A particular headache for the producers was who to cast as the indomitable Jobs.
The long-planned feature film faced numerous hurdles in its long birth, and was even shelved for a time. Would the real Steve Jobs please stand up It's certainly a tough gig, for there is more than one side to Jobs: the much adored technological guru and the relentless entrepreneur. The German-Irish actor has risen to the fore with half a dozen key roles, in landmark films such as "Hunger," "Shame" and "Twelve Years a Slave." The Heidelberg-born Fassbender is widely considered one of the most charismatic and versatile performers in contemporary cinema.Īfter playing an IRA activist on hunger strike, a sex addict, a slave driver, and finally a rock musician, Fassbender has now landed the role portraying Steve Jobs - the legendary Apple founder. Michael Fassbender has very much been center stage in recent years.