生命中不能缺少的氣球
【邱鴻安】這個暑假有一部很不錯的電影─「天外奇蹟」(Up)。這是一部動畫電影，但由動畫做出來的人物，卻比一般的寫實電影更寫實，不僅令人信服，看後更令人若有所感。
戲裏的男主角是78歲的「卡爾」，他的妻子「艾莉」比他先去世，他獨自居住，整天躲在家裏，回顧過去，跟死去的艾莉說話。他和艾莉小時共同有過夢想，希望去南美洲歷險，去看那裏的「天堂瀑布」(Paradise Falls)，但是現實生活卻使夢想一直無法實現。
戲的重心是艾莉去世後的卡爾。有一天，他決定坐言起行，要實現他的歷險夢想。他原是一名氣球推銷員，所以把大批的氣球綁在他住的小屋上，讓氣球把小屋拉起，升上天空(所以戲片叫做Up)；他又替小屋裝上風帆，讓小屋在天空中飛向南美。
人的心底裏往往藏著年輕時的夢想，但這些夢想卻因現實生活的困難而得不到實現，當卡爾的小屋起飛的一剎那，他顧慮的一切困難，也彷彿連根拔起，不再存在，歷險於是再沒有了絆腳石。那大批彩色氣球，除了象徵卡爾的夢想，更象徵他的行動─他終於排除了困難，不再遲疑，踏上畢生的夢想之旅。氣球成為生命中不能缺少之物。
戲裏還有一名八歲男孩「羅素」，他是童軍，自稱是冒險家，他跟著卡爾登上小屋，一起前往南美歷險。小孩最具冒險精神，也最沒有行動的困難，他們想到就做，剛好與顧慮重重以致喪失行動能力的成年人相反。
「天外奇蹟」是全球最成功動畫製作公司「派克薩」(Pixar)所製作，這家公司由蘋果執行長喬布斯(Steve Jobs)創辦。喬布斯20歲時創辦蘋果，29歲時創造出首部個人電腦(Macintosh)，但在30歲時卻被蘋果開除，被趕出自己一手創辦的公司。
喬布斯被趕出蘋果後，感到失去了人生方向，因為蘋果的管理層否定了他創新科技的夢想，但是這正是他人生中不能缺少的氣球。喬布斯說，他後來悟到，他雖然被趕出蘋果，但他的夢想並沒有改變，所以他重新出發，按照自己夢想創辦了派克薩，要以創新的科技去設計動畫。由於喬布斯的堅持，派克薩才得以成立，並且掀起了現代動畫的革命。
看「天外奇蹟」，很難不想到喬布斯，因為他與戲裏的卡爾都以實現夢想作為人生的重心。這兩天的新聞說，喬布斯做了肝臟移殖，華爾街日報的報導還說，他正在康復中。喬布斯2004年時曾患胰臟癌，今年1月時因為健康欠佳暫時從蘋果引退，到這兩天傳出換肝的消息後，史丹福大學的醫學專家指出，他五年前所患的那種胰臟癌，很可能擴散至另外的器官，而肝臟則位於胰臟旁邊，因此他得到一個健康的肝臟，將有助他減少再次患癌的機會。
喬布斯是奇蹟的創造者，個人電腦、iPod和iPhone都是他所創；他的粉絲當然希望他早日康復，重出江湖，為這個世界再創奇蹟。 (世界日報，6.23.2009)
1) 本人沒有跟閣下爭"消費者" 喜歡 Steve Jobs 與否呀? 有嗎?
2) 本人更是沒有更閣下爭 Steve Jobs 與 Apple 股價的關係呀? 有嗎?
本人只是敘述往事而已, 並未要與 Steve Jobs 在閣下面前爭風吃醋呀﹑閣下反應過度了點吧﹖
我找來了Steve Jobs 最著名的畢業演講詞“You've got to find what you love”,
他這樣說:“During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story,and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. ”
2. Jariel，
那你應該知道SteveJobs離開App1e十年, App1e股價直直跌, 跌到差點沒人要。現在Jobs回來了, 股價日日升,買App1e產品的人就是喜歡Steve Jobs啊!
Just so you know where I am coming from, I was and still am a student (or a sucker) for stories of successful entrepreneurs such Gates and Jobs, and am a big fan of Pixar movies, that's what prompted me to read books about Jobs. With that said, in a world where everyone is looking for someone to idolize (in politicians, athletes, CEO), it's important to separate the facts from fictions about these "god-like" figures. It's time to give credits where credits are due, so the little and less-known heroes behind the stage could be recognized. If you and Mr. Chiu would like to dig deeper on Steve Jobs, I suggest picking up real books and do a little research on him, instead of just click away on internet. It's a well known fact today's journalism are full of mediocre, 2nd-tier self-proclaimed journalists, ambushing in cyberspace waiting to spill garbage to anyone who's willing to listen. I'd be very careful on the sources of your findings.
Yes, Jobs was the CEO and one of the men who were instrumental to Pixar. But if it wasn't because of a few true genius / artists who lived in the forefront of computer animation back in the early 80s, you probably would never have heard of "Toy Story". Only if Lasseter was less "nerdy" and been a little more charismatic like Jobs, people today would probably associate a different face to the word "Pixar".
Steve Jobs has a talent for recruiting talents, but after Jobs recruited them, he often ridiculed and mocked them. At the end, Jobs had no friends in Apple, everyone avoided him. Scully, another CEO and co founder of Apple persuaded the board to take away Jobs exective power which left him with nothing to do in the company...So Jobs sold all but one share of his Apple stocks and left.
Steve Jobs bought the graphics division from Lucas Fim Ltd. to save it from dissolution and named it Pixar. When Steve Jobs took Pixar on in 1986 it sold high-end computer hardware, and Lasseter was charged with directing short films that would demonstrate the graphics capabilities of the Pixar Image Computer and its Renderman software. Jobs gave Lasseter the freedom to direct, produce, write, and create models for many projects that later include hit movies such as "Toy Story", "Cars", "A Bug's Life"...etc.
Does that help?
CEO
Apple
Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple, which he co-founded in 1976. Apple leads the industry in innovation with its award-winning Macintosh computers, OS X operating system, and consumer and professional applications software. Apple is also leading the digital music revolution, having sold almost 200 million iPods and over six billion songs from its iTunes online store. Apple has also entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
Steve also co-founded Pixar Animation Studios, which has created eight of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and Ratatouille. Pixar has won 20 Academy Awards and its films have grossed more than $4 billion at the worldwide box office to date. Pixar merged with The Walt Disney Company in 2006 and Steve now serves on Disney's board of directors.
Steve grew up in the apricot orchards which later became known as Silicon Valley, and still lives there with his wife and 3 children.
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StraighterShooter,
你隨便按Google按Steve Jobs & Pixar， 都可以找到上述資料證明Steve Jobs是Pixar的創辦人。
A good read if you really want to draw any connection between Pixar and Jobs.
My point is, Steve Jobs did NOT 創辦 Pixar, despite what the general public would like to believe. In this case, that includes you and Mr. Chiu here. Read my comment again carefully.
I am not trying to take away what Jobs had done for Pixar, he did bring lots of capitals for Pixar when they needed it the most. Of course, he was rewarded handsomely for that. Also another point I wanted to make is, Steve Jobs initially did not have any 賞識 and 眼光 on Pixar, he was much into the computer hardware business and it was Pixar's computer he was after. In the beginning, the creative genius behind those movies, John Lasseter, had to draw resources for the animation behind Steve Jobs' back in order to make it happen.
但 Mr.Chiu 並沒有說Steve Jobs 為Pixar做了很多, 他只是說…「他重新出發，按照自己夢想創辦了派克薩」…「看天外奇蹟，很難不想到喬布斯，因為他與戲裏的卡爾都以實現夢想作為人生的重心」, 有時雖然只是business, 但支持、賞識、眼光等都改變了一間公司或一齣電影的命運。
Steve Jobs' initial interest in Pixar, which he purchased from Lucasfilm, was computer hardware Pixar had developed for movie making. Never a fan of computer graphics, Jobs was enlightened by Disney's interest in Pixar and finally realized the true asset Pixar possessed. Steve Jobs was nothing more than a savvy businessman who capitalized from a once-small company that had shown a great potential.
To learn more about the truth of Jobs and Pixar, I suggest a book by Alan Deutschman "The Second Coming of Steve Jobs".