Damon Wise

Danny Boyle is reminiscing about the dark old days when computers were banks of walls with blinking lights and huge reels of tapes. “Most Time Out readers won’t remember. They were intimidating,” he says, with that lovely Radcliffe burr of his. “Every time there was a breakthrough, when a computer beat a chess master, everybody would be like, ‘The end cometh.’ But instead of the end, Apple came, shrinking technology to pocket size with the iPhone.” The architect of this digital revolution is the subject of Boyle’s new movie Steve Jobs, an unconventional biopic starring Michael Fassbender. Based on a forensically detailed script by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), it unfolds practically in real time, backstage before three major product launches – in ’84, ’88 and ’98.   In the film Steve Jobs says he’s not a musician – he plays the orchestra. Does that strike a chord with you, as a director?“It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Steve Jobs had no coding skills, no engineering skills to speak of. He wasn’t even a designer. He just had a taste that he wanted to impose on everyone. He had a vision, and, really, that’s what you do as a film director.” Were you interested in Jobs before?“Not really. I had some of his products and I knew about the presentations he did. They made world news. Nowadays, every CEO, whether they’re comfortable or not, has to dress up casually, put a microphone on and walk out in front of the press to introduce the latest toothbrush.” What was the appeal of making th

El director de Trainspotting, Danny Boyle, recuerda aquellos tiempos oscuros cuando las computadoras eran del tamaño de una pared, tenían luces parpadeantes y grandes rollos de cintas. “La mayoría de los lectores de Time Out no lo recordarán. Pero era algo intimidante”, dice. “Cada que había un avance o una máquina le ganaba a un equipo de ajedrez todo el mundo decía ‘esto es el fin’. Pero en lugar del final, vino Apple para reducir la tecnología a tamaño bolsillo". El arquitecto de esta revolución digital es el tema de la nueva película de Boyle, Steve Jobs, una biopic convencional protagonizada por Michael Fassbender (Macbeth). En el filme, Steve Jobs dice que no es un músico pero dirige una orquesta. ¿Cómo se relaciona esto en su trabajo?Es extraño, ¿no crees? Steve Jobs no tenía conocimientos de codificación ni de ingeniería como para hablar al respecto. Tampoco era diseñador. Él sólo tenía una afición que quería imponer a todo el mundo. Tenía una visión y, de hecho, eso es lo que haces como director. ¿Antes te interesaba la vida de Jobs? No realmente. Tuve algunos de sus productos y sabía sobre las grandes presentaciones que hacía. Logró noticias a nivel mundial. Hoy en día, cada CEO, cualquiera que sea su estilo, tiene que vestirse de manera casual, ponerse ante un micrófono y caminar frente a la prensa para mostrar su nuevo ‘cepillo de dientes’. ¿Qué te atrajo para hacer esta película si no fue el propio Jobs? La utilización del lenguaje como un dispositivo cinematográ

Danny Boyle is reminiscing about the dark old days when computers were banks of walls with blinking lights and huge reels of tapes. ‘Most Time Out readers won’t remember. They were intimidating,’ he says, with that lovely Radcliffe burr of his. ‘Every time there was a breakthrough, when a computer beat a chess master, everybody would be like: “The end cometh.” But instead of the end, Apple came, shrinking technology to pocket size with the iPhone. The architect of this digital revolution is the subject of Boyle’s new movie ‘Steve Jobs’, an unconventional biopic starring Michael Fassbender. Based on a forensically detailed script by Aaron Sorkin (‘The Social Network’), it unfolds practically in real time, backstage before three major product launches – in ’84, ’88 and ’98. 

In the film Steve Jobs says he’s not a musician – he plays the orchestra. Does that strike a chord with you, as a director?
 ‘It’s bizarre, isn’t it? Steve Jobs had no coding skills, no engineering skills to speak of. He wasn’t even a designer. He just has a taste that he wanted to impose on everyone. He had a vision, and, really, that’s what you do as a film director.’ 

Were you interested in Jobs before?
‘Not really. I had some of his products and I knew about the presentations he did. They made world news. Nowadays, every CEO, whether they’re comfortable or not, has to dress up casually, put a microphone on and walk out in front of the press to introduce the latest toothbrush.’ 
What was the appeal of