Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Alex Gibney — the same filmmaker behind the Enron exposé and the Scientology investigation. When Jobs died, millions grieved for someone they'd never met. Gibney wanted to know why.

The film gathers testimony from people who were actually there: early Apple employees, programmer Daniel Kottke, co-worker Chrisann Brennan, and industry figures who saw the operation from the inside. What emerges isn't the familiar origin myth. Episode by episode, Gibney examines the denied paternity, the crushing management style, the factory conditions in Asia. The product was brilliant. The process was something else.

What makes this documentary sting is the question it refuses to drop: how thoroughly can a brand rewrite a biography? For anyone who grew up with an iPod in their pocket and accepted the mythology that came with it, The Man in the Machine lands differently than a standard corporate takedown. Watch it online on iFILM.