Michael Stuhlbarg Speaks on Filming Steve Jobs Movie: 'Unlike Anything I've Ever Done'

[MacRumors]

Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays early Apple employee Andy Hertzfeld in Aaron Sorkin's upcoming Steve Jobs movie, spoke with Collider about his experience shooting the movie and shared some insight into the three-act structure of the film.

According to Stuhlbarg, the Steve Jobs movie was a "very unique project" with a rehearsal process that was split between each of the acts, with the actors spending two weeks rehearsing and then two weeks shooting the movie at each different location where the product unveilings took place. The film is centered around three product launches for the original Mac, the NeXT Computer, and the iMac.

This shooting method, says Stuhlbarg, was "unlike anything I've ever done to this point and probably unlike anything I'll ever do again. He said it brought the actors together "in an extraordinary way."

Also, it kind of gave us something in the telling of the story that you don't often get, which is a sense of momentum of what a story is telling you. He got the opportunity to get the barrage of nonsense that was being thrown at him throughout the entire story. It was just unlike anything I've ever done before.

Stuhlbarg also spoke about the experience of working on a highly desirable Aaron Sorkin screenplay and his take on Andy Hertzfeld's relationship with Steve Jobs, all of which can be read in the original interview on Collider or seen in the video below.

The Steve Jobs movie will premiere at the 53rd annual New York Film Festival on October 3 before seeing a wider release on October 9. The film, which was written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, stars Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman, and Jeff Daniels as John Sculley.

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[maxsix]

Hype, Hype, and More Hype, Apple eats this stuff up

 

[deviant]

how many of these *chinese voice " city" * movies does the world need?

 

[Gasu E.]

According to Stuhlbarg, the Steve Jobs movie was a "very unique project"

In other words, it was uniquer than anything he had done before-- possibly the uniquest thing he has ever done.

how many of these *chinese voice " city" * movies does the world need?

It's the same movie. You just keep reading about it over and over again.

 

[AngerDanger]

how many of these *chinese voice " city" * movies does the world need?

How many movies has the world ever needed? Like every other film, this is something to enjoy. If you don't, it's not for you. How many more "how many more … do we need" comments do we need?

 

[ginkobiloba]

I have a very good feeling about this film. I think it's going to pleasantly surprise a lot of people.

 

[deviant]

How many movies has the world ever needed? Like every other film, this is something to enjoy. If you don't, it's not for you. How many more "how many more … do we need comments" do we need?

how many of the apologist comments do we need?
me and people like me are tired of seeing the world trying to make money on a dead person making ****** movies about him.
mine was a rhetorical question on a public forum board. you don't have to actually answer to everybody you don't agree with, ya know.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

Michael Sthulburg should walk out dressed as Steve Jobs at the September event this year.

Although it seems like Apple only ever does that kind of thing at WWDC... I don't think they've ever had a skit sort of thing open any other keynote.

 

[navaira]

Personally I'm going to watch it. Not in the cinema, but later on DVD. It is relevant to my interests, same as Becoming Steve Jobs is.

 

[agsystems]

Hype, Hype, and More Hype, Apple eats this stuff up

Really...I have zero interest on watching this

 

[mattopotamus]

Why would they not do the unveiling of the original iPhone? That just seems like a must IMO.

 

[Gasu E.]

how many of the apologist comments do we need?
me and people like me are tired of seeing the world trying to make money on a dead person making ****** movies about him.
mine was a rhetorical question on a public forum board. you don't have to actually answer to everybody you don't agree with, ya know.

If you post, you are inviting a response. Don't post if you don't want a response.
You don't have to actually post every random thought you have on a public forum board, ya know.

 

[Gasu E.]

Michael Sthulburg should walk out dressed as Steve Jobs at the September event this year.

Although it seems like Apple only ever does that kind of thing at WWDC... I don't think they've ever had a skit sort of thing open any other keynote.

Funny idea! But it won't happen-- Apple PR would deem it to be too ghoulish!

 

[stars_fan]

So he doesn't have experience making fiction movies.

Apple execs have already said the movie is a farce.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I think history will look back on Fassbender as the wrong choice for this role.

 

[nepalisherpa]

First

WOW...I'm guessing you did not see the second digit (0).

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"Unlike Anything I've Ever Done"

This slogan sounds almost like a slogan for every iPhone release!

 

[Saucesome2000]

Hype, Hype, and More Hype, Apple eats this stuff up

As would any company trying to market their products. Why is this a problem?

 

[AngerDanger]

how many of the apologist comments do we need?
me and people like me are tired of seeing the world trying to make money on a dead person making ****** movies about him.

I haven't seen very many if any, but I'm hardly an apologist given that this is simply an issue of personal taste.

mine was a rhetorical question on a public forum board. you don't have to actually answer to everybody you don't agree with, ya know.

I never answered your rhetorical question; I asked a couple of my own. As for the bolded text, you aren't exactly following your own advice.

 

[kahkityoong]

Really...I have zero interest on watching this

Thanks for keeping us up to date with your interest.

 

[Sloppy.Joe]

"The film is centered around three product launches for the original Mac, the NeXT Computer, and the iMac."

The iMac introducetion over the iPhone? Why?

 

[iJandro]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't directing "any" new movie "Unlike anything you've ever done"?

 

[C DM]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't directing "any" new movie "Unlike anything you've ever done"?

Not quite, since it can be compared to other similar things in likeness.

 

[StoneJack]

"The film is centered around three product launches for the original Mac, the NeXT Computer, and the iMac."

The iMac introducetion over the iPhone? Why?

I'd guess that the story had to have 3 pivotal points in life of Steve Jobs.

Creating Macs and Apple, the home for Macs
Leaving Macs for Next; yet laying foundations for Mac OS X ala Next
Resurrecting the Macs and being reborn as Apple CEO, coming back home.

Yes, iPhone could be big but thats how story ends in the movie.
Probably it has some links with important family developments during those times as well, that why it ends in 1998. The man changed the history of computing whatever critics say. He also began true smartphone revolution. He didn't create them, he made them accessible. And thats counts.

 

[BruceEBonus]

Anything that helps maintain the memory of Jobs' innovation and forward thinking has to be a good thing to remind the young lads on here who never saw what he achieved after his death and think new Cooked-Apple is what Apple once stood for. It isn't. It's resting on its laurels. RIP SJ.

 

[Kaibelf]

how many of the apologist comments do we need?
me and people like me are tired of seeing the world trying to make money on a dead person making ****** movies about him.
mine was a rhetorical question on a public forum board. you don't have to actually answer to everybody you don't agree with, ya know.

Then don't watch it, and don't lecture others on what THEY should do with THEIR time and money. Problem solved.