Love this framing of biopics as 'spurs to learn more' rather than accurate histories. The messiness-of-humanity angle is crucial because most innovation narratives get sanitized into hero journeys when the real story is way more about contingent decisions and organizational chaos. BlackBerry especially nailed this, showing how technical excellence can lose to ecosystem dynamics. The accuracy question matters less when these films create entry points for deeper curiosity abou tmarket dynamics and innovation constraints.
How about Tucker?
Love this framing of biopics as 'spurs to learn more' rather than accurate histories. The messiness-of-humanity angle is crucial because most innovation narratives get sanitized into hero journeys when the real story is way more about contingent decisions and organizational chaos. BlackBerry especially nailed this, showing how technical excellence can lose to ecosystem dynamics. The accuracy question matters less when these films create entry points for deeper curiosity abou tmarket dynamics and innovation constraints.
It’s not the same as a biopic at all, but an alt history, but I also love For All Mankind for the same reasons
Would the movies “the man who knew infinity” or “moneyball” fall under innovative biopics?
General Magic movie! highly recommend (another look at early computing pioneers)