earthling-00301 I've watched my share of movies, loved many of them, feel changed and awed by many of them; I look for reviews from the pros and amateurs alike, looking for other opinions to confirm or challenge my own. But this is my first ever review.My spouse just happened to find this gem on Netflix last evening, and once it got started, I was completely enthralled. An intimate interview like this gives those of us of only average aspiration a powerful glimpse into the workings of one truly great innovator. I have heard Mr Jobs had a reputation, among those who worked closest with him, as being extremely difficult to like. So I started watching this interview with a pre-jaundiced perspective. I am pretty sure you don't compete in the world in which Steve Jobs dominated without being hard to please sometimes, almost pathologically so.But it is important to put those impressions aside, and just listen to the man talk as if you didn't know who he was or what he was yet to do. He freely acknowledges the auspiciousness of his natural skills nurtured by the environment in which he grew up. He speaks candidly of his mistakes. He talks about his infatuation about computing machines, and the importance of learning a computer language because it forces you to learn how to think in new ways. He gets emotional about being forced to leave Apple (incredible and ironic that he hires the person that would lead the Board to oust him, and subsequently dismantle Apple). His ability to think back to formative experiences of his much younger self, and relate them to his leadership style and decisions is nothing less than profound. He can talk about old widowers from his childhood, a Scientific American article about living things and kilocalories/kilometer efficiency, ordering his first shipment of 100 printed circuit boards for the Apple I, Bill Gates, what he learned from two brief visits to Xerox (a lot!), what "diseases" infect large established companies, process versus content, what "taste" means, and why it's so important, and much more. He relates the story of his uninhibited 12-year-old self calling Bill Hewlett (of Hewlett-Packard!) to ask questions about computer technology. Back then, everyone was just in the phone book! He speaks off the top of his head in completely coherent logically formed paragraphs as if he had been reading from an essay he'd been working on for weeks.If you're at all curious why Steve Jobs was "Steve Jobs"; why his name is synonymous with edgy brilliance; why YOU almost certainly have an Apple product somewhere (and why you, even begrudgingly, appreciate it), do not wait to flip on this movie.

Marian20 Steve Jobs:The Lost Interview is an hour-long interview by the producer of the Triumph Of The Nerds,a documentary about the history of the personal computer and internet,Robert X. Cringley done back in 1995.This basically was the full hour interview he made with Jobs,who was then part of NeXT Computers,as he reflected on various things such as when he was part of Apple Computer from the garage days of his parents' house until he was fired by the board led by the man he hired - John Sculley to become the CEO as well as his views about Bill Gates and Microsoft as well as what is to come in the computer industry.In addition to that,he also recounted the discovery of the Graphic User Interface and the mouse when they visited Xerox PARC(Palo Alto Research Center) back in the 80's as well as Microsoft Windows as it became the standard operating system of computers today.Listening to this interview,we definitely would have a better appreciation of the late Apple CEO as he shares his views on what's to come in the computer industry.While he maybe at his lackluster years as his company NeXT isn't thriving when the interview was made,we definitely have seen a man who never once gave up in life as he would later lead Apple to a comeback from being on the brink of bankruptcy into becoming the most valuable company in the world worth $500 billion. It was definitely worth watching indeed.

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.