Actors: Steve Jobs, Robert X. Cringely
Directors: Paul Sen
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2012
Run Time: 72 minutes
Film: 4 out of 5 stars
Extras: 4 out of 5 stars
Steve Jobs is a man like Walt Disney. He is a visionary that left us way too early. Like Disney himself, I am sure people said “I could only have imagined the things he would have thought up”. Luckily, Jobs’ legacy will live on like Disney’s himself. “Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview” is a 70 minute intimate chat with the man behind so many great things like Apple and Pixar. What is most interesting about this is that it was conducted way before he took over Apple and made it what it is today. It is fascinating to listen to Jobs talk about the future, knowing what how it turned out. This was lost for 17 years and now thanks to Magnolia Home Entertainment we get a chance to behind-the-scenes to the early days with the late and great Steve Jobs.
Official Premise: In this candid, in-depth interview with the late visionary filmed in 1995, Steve Jobs discusses at length his early days, career battles, and vision for the future. Small portions of the piece were used for a television series at the time, but the vast majority was shelved and for 17 years thought to be lost. Resurfacing, it is being presented in its entirety, providing a fascinating look at Jobs at a particularly interesting moment in his career, two years before he would go on to retake control of Apple
The special features included on this DVD are quite impressive for a lost documentary. This is not a memorial on his life, it is justlost interview. So if you are looking for a life-story, then you are looking in the wrong place. On the topic of the interview, there is a wonderful additional hour long interview with Andy Hertzfeld, the original Macintosh programmer at Apple. It is a must-watch! There is an audio only interview with writer/presenter Robert X. Cringley, which is conducted by producer of this film, John Gau. Lastly there is a commentary track also included over the interview with Robert X. Cringley and director/producer Paul Sen. Each feature is better than the next and will leave you 100% satisfied.