FILM-STEVE JOBS DOCUMENTARY A new Steve Jobs documentary film takes a 'bold, brilliant and brutal' look at his life

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  • Title: FILM-STEVE JOBS DOCUMENTARY A new Steve Jobs documentary film takes a 'bold, brilliant and brutal' look at his life
  • Date: 28th August 2015
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 27, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF DIRECTOR AND WRITER ALEX GIBNEY POSING FOR PICTURES (SOUNDBITE) (English) ALEX GIBNEY, DIRECTOR, SAYING: "I think it's a well rounded look and it's tough at times. I think he was tough on a lot of people and I don't think we shy away from that."
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  • Story Text: A new documentary takes a look at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' career and legacy.
    "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine" portrays what some are calling a "probing and unflinching" look at the computer maker.
    Before heading into a New York screening on Thursday (August 27) filmmaker Alex Gibney, who also directed documentaries on Scientology and Wikileaks, said he chose Jobs as a subject because of the contradictions inherent in his mythical status.
    "He's an important character for us to understand and get right. Both what he did is great and what he did that was not so good because I think because of his success people like to feel that, 'oh well, we should emulate everything that he did.' Well I hope we don't, I think we should emulate some things but not a lot."
    The movie starts with people's reactions to Jobs' death in 2011 and then proceeds to tell the story of Job's passion and what some call greed.
    "I think it's a well rounded look and it's tough at times. I think he was tough on a lot of people and I don't think we shy away from that," said Gibney of the nearly two hour film.
    The film includes interviews with former Apple employees, archival interviews with Jobs and former co-worker Steve Wozniak, among others, but it did not receive the approval from the technology company.
    "Apple has not been happy, but they weren't happy from the beginning. You know, I went to them first right off the bat and said, 'could you please cooperate?' They said, 'we don't have the resources to help you on that.' Which I found amusing from the world's most valuable corporation."
    Gibney hopes viewers will come away with a greater understanding of Apple's devices and its isolating characteristics and a lesson on corporate responsibility.
    "One of the things this movie is about is values, corporate values. Now that government seems to be withering and corporations being so large in our lives we need to be more attentive to what the values of these corporations are. And I think they're not always as advertised."
    "Steve Jobs: The Man and the Machine" will be released on September 4th.
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