Review of
Instaread Summary, Analysis & Review of Lawrence
Levy's To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely
Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Five out of five stars
This summary
will pique the interest of all people that have an interest in the history of
entertainment, animation or the personality cult of Steve Jobs. In the last
years of his life, Jobs became a household name for product innovation and
business success.
That of course
was not always the case, his forced ouster from Apple was harsh and Jobs spent
years trying to recreate his place among the giants of technology. One of the
major steps in that journey was Jobs’ tenure at Pixar. When Jobs arrived,
animation was still largely created by physically drawing the action in a
frame-by-frame manner. During his time at Pixar, animating movies via computer
technology became a reality with the incredible success of “Toy Story.”
Levy was
recruited by Jobs to join Pixar in 1995 when the company was struggling, Jobs
was personally funding the company in order to keep in going. Therefore, Levy
was in a position to give a unique account of the success of Pixar and the rise of Jobs to the
highest levels of success in the technology field.
There is enough
in this summary to inform the reader that this book is a history of the rebirth
of Steve Jobs as a business success as well as a description of the rise of the
fully animated movie as a major force in the entertainment business. I found
the summary so interesting I read it twice and plan on reading the book. It is
a must read for the Jobs-o-phile.