Steve Jobs was always adept at making headlines\u2014often more about his autocratic leadership style than any of the visionary products that were released during his tenure at Apple.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s in the news again, and this time the controversy surrounds Danny Boyle\u2019s new film, Steve Jobs<\/em>. It\u2019s the third feature-length film about Jobs in as many years, and they all have a different take on the man. Even in death, Jobs remains a polarizing figure, with defenders who are as rabid as his detractors.<\/p>\n Tim Cook, who has taken the helm at Apple, has been outspoken in his rage about the film, which opens October 9.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Steve I knew was an amazing human being,\u201d Tim Cook told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show<\/em>. \u201cI think that a lot of people are trying to be opportunistic, and I hate this.\u201d<\/p>\n Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin argued that the Apple CEO shouldn\u2019t pass judgment so quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cTim Cook should really see the movie before he decides what it is,\u201d Sorkin replied, later issuing an apology.<\/p>\n In 2013, Ashton Kutcher portrayed him in Jobs<\/em>, a film that underwhelmed audiences and critics alike. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak weighed in on the movie, saying, \u201cI suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton’s own image of Jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n In interviews, Kutcher revealed how he got into character as Steve Jobs.<\/p>\n “I started consuming the things that he consumed, I started studying entrepreneurs he admired, listening to the music he listened to, eating the food he ate and walking the way he walked,” Kutcher said.<\/p>\n But according to Wozniak, there were key elements missing in Kutcher\u2019s performance, especially the drive for success that powered both him and the company.<\/p>\n \u201cHe didn’t bring out the thinking that makes us love Steve [and] the ideas that drove Apple forward,” he said.<\/p>\n The film also gave Jobs a lot of the credit for ideas that experts agree came from Wozniak. It was Wozniak, not Jobs, who first envisioned how computers could change the cultural landscape.<\/p>\n \u201cThe lofty talk,\u201d said Wozniak, \u201ccame much further down the line.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Gibney\u2019s documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine<\/em> turns a decidedly critical eye towards its subject. Gibney focuses on the schism between the man seen by many as a visionary with the one who was prone to tantrums and vindictiveness.<\/p>\n Gibney witheringly points out the irony of the \u201cThink Different\u201d campaign coming from a company that reportedly turned a blind eye toward appalling worker conditions in Chinese factories.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s a flaw in Gibney\u2019s approach, it\u2019s that he goes after his subject\u2019s defects with zeal and conviction, but outlines his enormous accomplishments and influence in a more dutiful than enthusiastic tone.<\/p>\n Now here comes Steve Jobs<\/em>, a glossy prestige project with star power fueling its release. Sorkin\u2019s sharp, hyper-articulate dialogue and Boyle\u2019s kinetic energy aim to make for a fully rounded, accurate portrayal of Jobs.<\/p>\n This is no standard-issue biopic. Instead of telling the story of his life from his humble beginnings to his untimely death from pancreatic cancer, Sorkin dramatizes three episodes from Jobs\u2019 life: the much-lauded release of the Macintosh in 1984, the crashing failure of the NeXT console in 1988, and his startling return with the first iMac in 1998.<\/p>\n Taking Sorkin\u2019s lead, Boyle shoots the film in three different film stocks to emphasize the changing time periods. As the film moves to digital in the last act, Jobs\u2019 delivery also gets crisper and clearer. Michael Fassbinder, as Jobs, takes him from enthusiastic beginner to the practiced master.<\/p>\n But did Sorkin and Boyle finally reveal the \u201creal\u201d man behind the myth? The new movie has already garnered criticism from both sides. One thing is clear: the question \u201cWho was Steve Jobs?\u201d makes for some vigorous debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Steve Jobs was always adept at making headlines\u2014often more about his autocratic leadership style than any of the visionary products that were released during his tenure at Apple. He\u2019s in the news again, and this time the controversy surrounds Danny Boyle\u2019s new film, Steve Jobs. It\u2019s the third feature-length film about Jobs in as many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1556,"featured_media":16927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43902],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-professional-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n