"Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine" is a film that shows the dark side of the genius behind the success of one of the biggest companies in the world today.
Steve Jobs is a celebrated business leader who inspired awe with all the revolutionary tech products Apple, the company he founded, has given the world today. From the music game changer iPod to the smartphone that paved the way for mobile applications and digital content to become the norm these days, Jobs was at the helm and he was worshiped as a hero and a visionary. According to USA Today that bit is shown in the film directed by Alex Gibney, but compared with other Jobs biopic or documentary, "Man in the Machine" gives more emphasis on the dark side of the Apple genius.
In the same report of USA Today, Jobs was described as a monster by people who worked closely with him in Apple. He was said to be a tyrant who treated everyone horribly and even insisted on using every means to ensure huge profits by making Apple products in the cheapest way possible. It was mentioned that Jobs did not care about inhumane working conditions just as long as he gets what he wants. There were reported suicides in Apple factories due to these conditions.
Gibney captured the essence of Jobs' work with the line "He had the focus of a monk, without the empathy." According to Engadget, the co-founder of Apple died of pancreatic cancer in 2011. Jobs was forced out of Apple before coming back to turn the company around into the tech titan it is today. The "Man in the Machine" is not the typical documentary about an icon, as Gibney said in an interview. The "No End in Sight" film maker does not agree with his critics about a biopic just showing facts. "It's not about facts, it's about texture," Gibney said.
