New movie: Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine


John DeFore for The Hollywood Reporter:

As an iPhone user, Gibney understands there's more to it than that. But Machine is his two hour-plus corrective to uncritical idolatry of the tech legend, a film that roots around in his misdeeds and mean traits, not in search of a complete portrait, but in the spirit of a Judgment Day prosecutor who knows damn well the defendant was not a holy man.

I guess I'm just curious about the continued and apparently sustained interest in Steve Jobs' personal life. Maybe it's just me, but I'm way more interested in how Jobs operated from a leadership and management angle. Along with the story behind the story of the big products he ushered into the market. The tabloid stuff to me is just old news. Perhaps it's still just easier to get people to go on record about Jobs' life than the products.