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Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs film to be ‘centrepiece’ at New York film fest1 min read

31 July 2015 < 1 min read

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Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs film to be ‘centrepiece’ at New York film fest1 min read

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Steve Jobs, the upcoming film about the Apple maverick ““ which stars Michael Fassbender in the titular role and was directed by Danny Boyle ““ will screen as the centerpiece film for the 53rd New York film festival.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center, which hosts the event, doesn’t list it as a world premiere. Sources say it will bypass the Toronto and Venice film festivals that occur a month beforehand, so a Telluride film festival world premiere seems likely.

Boyle said in a statement: “I am honored that our film has been selected as the centrepiece of this year’s festival. And thrilled and terrified too, unlike the subject of our film, who would have taken the whole thing very much in his stride.”

The Trainspotting director added that Jobs was a thoroughly “contradictory” and “complex” character who has “forged our digital age”.

Read the full article here>> via The Guardian
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