>> The outpouring of grief surrounding Steve Jobs death was interesting. Was there the same public display of affection when John Logie Baird, inventor of the television, died in 1946? And with plays in New York and Los Angeles based on Jobs and Bill Gates, and films such as The Social Network, it’s impossible not to conclude that the people responsible for making our lives cooler, quicker and, whisper it, more materialistic are the new heroes – ripe for interpretation in theatres and multiplexes. Which is exactly what I did in this piece for The National, handily…
“Apple’s last trading figures announced profits of $7.31bn; it might make a nice shiny phone, but in the end it is just another big, profitable company. Is that really the stuff of great drama?”
Click here for the full story about the “death of film” in The National
