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If you're given the task of interpreting a film with the speculative mind of a genius indisputable, it may help not to make too many stupid moves. That said, consider a triumph as well Steve Jobs, a film so innovative and surprising in the design and implementation to leave intimidated.
Michael Fassbender is moving very well in the role of volcanic co-founder and CEO of Apple, a man badly in relationships, but capable of flying very high when it comes to revolutionize the world of personal computers and anything else digital, from music to animation (with Pixar) publishing, up to those iPhone that we are wearing as if they were a second skin. The Jobs of Fassbender is a tornado of ferocity, anger and repressed feelings. It is also fascinating, seductive and fun, which makes it even more dangerous if you get too close.
The screenplay, written by Aaron Sorkin, won an Oscar for The Social Network, is absolutely brilliant. Sorkin has not only followed the bestselling biography by Walter Isaacson: he absorbed in her DNA, and said with a bold structure and a very personal point of view. He divided the film into three periods, each telling the story of the launch of a product created by Steve Jobs, shot in three different formats by Boyle with the help of the talented cinematographer Alwin Kuchler. The first part is in 16mm film in low resolution and is set in 1984 in Cupertino, California, where the 29 year-old Steve Jobs created the first Macintosh. The second, on 35mm, opens with a conference at the San Francisco Opera House in 1988, in which Jobs, downloaded from Apple, NeXT presents the general indifference. The last part, filmed in digital high definition, takes place in 1998 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, where Jobs, again at the helm of Apple, announced a spectacular presentation of the new iMac. As Jobs, who always rush to do the next thing, Sorkin leaves you with the task of keeping up the story. But it is a challenge that is worth collecting.
Congratulations to the teacher Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours) for directing the three acts of the script with the pace of a thriller. Boyle also knows how to fill the spaces (few) between words and reveal the emotions of the masses of people who enter and exit the tumultuous life of Jobs. Sorkin moves the characters on a chessboard (remember Birdman), without worrying too much to check if they were really present during some of the outbursts of Jobs, but always making sure that their actions and reactions reflect a truth often hard and uncomfortable.
The actors could not be better at reciting a long duel 14 years against the man who has compared himself to Julius Caesar, an emperor surrounded by enemies. A superb Seth Rogen reveals the wounded heart of Steve "Woz" Wozniak, cofounder of Apple who can not take lightly the refusal of Jobs and his team recognize the success of the Apple II. And Jeff Daniels, actor icon Sorkin in the HBO series The Newsroom, can interpret every nuance of the personality of John Sculley, CEO of Apple, who dismisses Jobs kicking off his cruel revenge. But there is someone who can tame this fierce perfectionist? The marketing director of Polish Joanna Hoffman, comes close. Interpreted by Kate Winslet Oscar, can radiate courage and grace in equal measure, Hoffman is the only person who gives a hard time to the head. She is scolding billionaire Jobs for leaving misery in his former lover Chrisann Brennan (Katherine Waterston) and his stubbornness in not wanting to recognize the paternity of his daughter Lisa, five years.
Sorkin has never tender with the protagonist, adopted son with the horrible tendency to keep distant loved ones. But Fassbender also makes us a glimpse of his humanity. What they do not see is the Steve Jobs older and richer, married Laurene Powell and father of three, who has created more miracles branded Apple, fought pancreatic cancer, which consumed his body and for which He died in 2011 at 56 years. The film aims to capture the man behind Steve Jobs, and tell it in three public events in which people who defined their life in relation to his came forward at the last minute to give it a sound punishment. Hard? Yes it is. But it is essential to talk about a pioneer who created products from coating immaculate and stylish to hide all the intricate circuitry inside. Steve Jobs shows us for the first time these internal circuits, never belittle the role of rebel and visionary who changed our digital life, and continues to do so today.
