CNN to air Alex Gibney's 'Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine' this Sunday
CNN has launched a microsite advertising its upcoming broadcast of "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine," the controversial Alex Gibney documentary about Apple's iconic co-founder.
The documentary will be airing this Sunday, Jan. 3, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The microsite includes a custom-made trailer, a short clip from the film, and links to two articles. One of these is a quick Jobs biography recapping some major and minor points from his life, such as his interest in Buddhism.
CNN's airing will be the first major TV broadcast of the documentary. The film's initial public screening was at last March's SXSW festival in Austin, Tex.
Some people within Apple were immediately critical, to the point that workers were seen leaving a screening early. The company's senior VP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, went on Twitter to call the movie an "inaccurate and mean-spirited" view of a friend.
As a rule, however, Apple's leadership has been unhappy with the accuracy of most depictions of Jobs, including Danny Boyle's Golden Globe-nominated biopic Steve Jobs. Cue has so far only praised the Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli book Becoming Steve Jobs.
Gibney is a typically well-respected filmmaker however, known for other documentaries like the Scientology expose Going Clear, and Taxi to the Dark Side, which won a Best Documentary Oscar in 2008.
The documentary will be airing this Sunday, Jan. 3, at 9 p.m. Eastern time. The microsite includes a custom-made trailer, a short clip from the film, and links to two articles. One of these is a quick Jobs biography recapping some major and minor points from his life, such as his interest in Buddhism.
CNN's airing will be the first major TV broadcast of the documentary. The film's initial public screening was at last March's SXSW festival in Austin, Tex.
Some people within Apple were immediately critical, to the point that workers were seen leaving a screening early. The company's senior VP of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, went on Twitter to call the movie an "inaccurate and mean-spirited" view of a friend.
As a rule, however, Apple's leadership has been unhappy with the accuracy of most depictions of Jobs, including Danny Boyle's Golden Globe-nominated biopic Steve Jobs. Cue has so far only praised the Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli book Becoming Steve Jobs.
Gibney is a typically well-respected filmmaker however, known for other documentaries like the Scientology expose Going Clear, and Taxi to the Dark Side, which won a Best Documentary Oscar in 2008.
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Not only was Jobs remarkable, his life was cut short, which left a void.
There are some others who have conjured such an outpouring of emotion and attention (or obsession as one might put it) all over the world upon their early death. People like JFK, Martin Luther King Jr., Lady Diana, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, to name a few off the top of my head. Those are people who more of less garnered similar levels of attention both in life and death in the form of general media and public attention, books, movies, documentaries, etc.
That being said I watched the Gibney documentary on Jobs a while back when it came out. I didn't expect a puff piece, but I didn't expect an agenda either. I felt like it was a missed opportunity in a few ways. There was enough good movie making there to make it not a complete waste of time, but at the end of the show I felt it was somewhat lacking overall.
They therefore resort to kicking around the same stupid gutter memes about Chinese child laborers and the stock backdating. Meanwhile they have no idea why they find their iPhones and iMacs so irresistible.
Sorkin's movie I did not see. The trailer was enough to make up my mind. That, and the interviews with him. He couldn't get past the emotional dramas. Typical Hollywood TV trash. Will these people ever grow up?
As a fan of Apple and Jobs and tech stuff in general I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it either. I agree that you check it out and form your own opinion.