Toby Young Toby Young

The vision of Steve Jobs

Danny Boyle's new film reveals the splinter of ice in the Apple founder's heart

issue 03 October 2015

Last week I went to a screening of Steve Jobs, the new biopic about the co-founder of Apple directed by Danny Boyle, and I was impressed. It’s structured like a three-act play, with each act set backstage at the launch of a new product — in 1984, 1988 and 1998 — and then unfolding in real time.

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