Academy Award winning documentarian Alex Gibney takes on both the man and the myth that is Steve Jobs, the visionary iconoclast that took the company he co-founded, Apple Computers, from its humble beginnings in a family garage to ultimately become the most profitable corporation in the world at the time of his death on October 5, 2011, losing his battle long-running with pancreatic cancer at the age of 55. News of Jobs' death spread quickly, and, for someone not generally known to be particularly warm, kind, approachable, or a great philanthropist, the outpouring of emotion for the loss of a corporate CEO seems a bit of a surprise to Gibney, who spends over two hours exploring the question of the root of the connection people who've never met him feel for Steve Jobs that would make them publicly mourn him with tears in their eyes. He didn't save humanity, he mostly made devices that many people use to fill in the boring parts of one's life with an internet search, a podcast or audiobook listen, a picture snap, or a Facetime call to someone across the globe.. Some people may be using one of his devices to read this very review right now. He's a brilliant man, a genius of marketing and design, but what's the personal connection that people feel all about? That's the crux of Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.
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