Welcome to Macintosh
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Welcome to Macintosh is a documentary co directed by Robert Baca and Josh Rizzo. Neither of them had directed a full length film before. The film is pretty simple with low production value but it gets the job done.
They were able to talk to various people who were with Apple in the early days although Steve Wozniak nor Steve Jobs were not interviewed. They did talk to Andy Hertzfeld who was one of the key people on the Macintosh development team and he also wrote a book about his time called Revolution in The Valley. Also they talked to Jim Reekes who was a programmer at Apple and was an original member of the Quicktime team. They both provided some good insights. The film also has interviews with various other people that collect and obsess over all things Mac including Wayne Bibbins who has more Macs then he knows what to do with and Leander Kahney who wrote the book The Cult of Mac.
The film starts out talking about the early days of Wozniak and Jobs and how things came to be. After it covers the origin story the film jumps around talking to a collector of Mac stuff and an editor who sings the praises of Final Cut and there is some Steve Jobs is so great when he leaves Apple is doomed talk among other topics.
Although its not a bad film its market is pretty niche. Its a bare bones 70 minute documentary about a computer company. Although it does provide some insights it’s pretty dry and seems like a pro Mac propaganda video at times but it was ok. Currently you can watch it on Network Streaming or buy it from Amazon.
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