Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
In a television interview filmed in 1995, Steve Jobs talks frankly about his early life, competition with Microsoft and his vision for the future, while he was running NeXT, the company he founded after leaving Apple.
A remarkable primary source document: Jobs in 1995, years before his triumphant Apple return, speaking with unusual candor about failure, competition, and his vision. The novelty is genuinely high — there is simply no other footage quite like this, capturing Jobs at this specific, vulnerable inflection point with such frankness. The interview content (plot/substance) is compelling and historically rich, with Jobs's natural charisma and intelligence shining through the talking-head format. Cinematography is limited by the archival, low-budget TV production values of the era — functional but unremarkable. The ending is satisfying but not dramatically structured, as befits a recovered archival document rather than a crafted narrative.