Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

2012
8| 1h10m| en
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In a television interview filmed in 1995, Steve Jobs talks frankly about his early life, competition with Microsoft and his vision for the future, while he was running NeXT, the company he founded after leaving Apple.

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Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
Console best movie i've ever seen.
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
gavin6942 A conversation with Steve Jobs circa 1995 as he was running NeXT, the company he had founded after leaving Apple.Now, maybe it's just me, but it seems like Steve Jobs was a key figure for the second half of the 20th century. Maybe just even the last quarter. But such a big part of our world today. I am not a fan of Apple, but there is no denying the power they have. And having grown up in the 80s and 90s, I really appreciate how candid Jobs is when he speaks about the history of computing. This is the third or fourth Jobs film I've watched, and I feel like I learn something new each time.And I love how he believed that without blue box, there would be no Apple. I was never a hacker or a phreaker, but I was aware of it, and was involved in BBS culture. So I can completely understand how the computer revolution came out of hacking culture and from clever young people who were reverse engineering bigger technologies and finding their weak spots.
GeoPierpont A rare glimpse into the mental and emotional thought process ascribed to a modern genius. I was extremely surprised at how congenial Steve interacted and replied to Cringlely's limited line of questioning. You could see the introspection and sincere desire to share his life experiences. I was completely shocked to see how deeply hurt, if just by a few additional blinks, he felt after Sculley's firing. I imagine this rage repression contributed to his isolation and alienation.As I was involved in Xerox Parc Beta site testing of their 1979 Windows product, I also felt the inventive aspects of their object oriented user interface was above my head. That Jobs admitted this as well was alarmingly breathtaking, the likes of which would never be revealed again.He, unlike Gates, freely admits to stealing, and appeared to justify his actions when he states that Xerox or HP just did not have the vision to implement their life changing ideas. He does not recall the huge argument over whether to allow his team to view the demo, I do not believe this. I assume there was a negotiation as Jobs knew this was something that would propel his company into the next stratosphere of existence.The NeXt product line seemed to be almost an embarrassment to him but of course that could not be the case. His humble description of it's goals were so understated compared to every other product he developed.I agree with his assessment of learning a computer language to improve critical thinking skills as it greatly enhanced mine. I was in awe that after Cringely admitted that his use of APL did not make any impact, Jobs just shrugged it off. Wait a minute, an opportunity to share why he feels so strongly about changing a college curriculum and he just let's the topic go was a HUGE disappointment. I also like the fact that he elaborated on his Hippie vs Nerd connotation and promoted the rank of geek to genius.Extreme high recommend for any business owner, PC enthusiast, technology history, and all dreamers. This was an exceptional insight into a man with exceptional vision and product ethics.
Tadas Talaikis I've read "Steve Jobs", an authorized biography, by Walter Isaacson and for me this interview cover most of aspects of this remarkable visionary. It spans through almost all of history of high-tech, telling us about things that we use without noticing them in our life today as extensions of our human being.I've seen "jOBS" which I rated 7/10 because it didn't mentioned "the little blue box" which is very important as Steve Jobs is telling in this interview was one of things he remembered for life - even small things can empower small people with capability to rule billions worth of industries. And it is true, everything that is big grows from even smallest things. Visionary is a person who can see those small things that will change our life in the future.Steve Jobs was first to see the importance of GUI, mouse, desktop publishing, the internet, computers for schools. He had changed our life.
lannaheim Although there is absolutely nothing "cinematic" about this film, I liked it way more than six stars; I was bowing to my rule of not over- rating (since I generally only rate films that I think were worthy of 8 or higher, because I rarely waste the time watching dogs!).How could there be a spoiler on this? He's dead; his life is a matter of public record and history. JUST AMAZING that this interview was located. It truly shows what a fascinating and dynamic fellow Jobs was. I have always admired him. I work in the computer field -- have done for 27 years -- so I am not just blowing smoke here.There's a story (there are so many) about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. There's also a film, depicting their mutual relationship when they were young, the name of which I can't recall. (unwilling to do the research right now) I started in 1984 or '86 working with computers, and started a business; I recognized that the money lay with the 88% (usually higher) of PC users; I built PCs from parts and taught people how to use them. It was a big business back in the late 80s and early 90s and I did very well. I have that master rip-off artist, Bill Gates, to thank for that. Steve Jobs was highly original. One only has to watch the major-production commercials he made for the Apple/Mac, using top directors and state-of-the-art graphics, to GET that he was about perfection and elegance. I DON'T have a Mac, but whenever clients asked me which they should buy, I would say, well, the Mac is better, if you can afford it. 9.9 times out of 10...well, what I can I say? Their market share was almost always under 9%.Having blathered on about all that, watching this was a real treat. He's over the Gates/PC thing and has even left Apple. He's smart, articulate, visionary, he's talking about the future. He doesn't know that he will become a huge cultural icon, that his standards of perfection will create a benchmark. Essentially, WOW. Thank you for making this available for viewing.

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