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B.C. Wallin

@bcwallin.com
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writer, dad, movie guy, fixer guy. Editor of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, the world’s first book about the 2015 film Steve Jobs, out now. bit.ly/STEVEJOBSMONOGRAPH

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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 18/09/2026
Time to break out the trenchcoat
One really tall person in a trenchcoat at an AMC. Definitely not 2 people stacked on top of each other
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 02/09/2026
broadsoundmag.com/2024/08/07/a...
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 02/09/2026
Every time I see this poster, this is all I can think of
The Last Temptation of Christ poster but the red thorns are covered with '90s Cherry Coke
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 12/08/2026
George Carlin with a word bubble, indicating Josh's tweet is actually a George Carlin observation
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 27/07/2026
LOS ANGELES: The Clock is returning for the first time in over a decade. Experience a 24-hour journey through movies, TV, and time in this piece for @brightwalldarkroom.com www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/02/27/2...
2 or 3 Questions About The Clock
by B.C. WallinThere is no climax. There is no ending or beginning. The Clock runs in a 24-hour loop and any time could just as easily be when you come in or leave. More than stories, it presents moments, tones, emotions, and states of being. There is something freeing when you accept that there is no larger narrative to worry about—I don’t think it’s possible to sit through The Clock and truly wonder ‘Where is the director going with this?’ Watch for long enough and you’ll travel back in time to when the clock in Laura was unshattered, back to the first leg of the trip in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). Stars age and grow young again and life goes on. And then begins again.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 22/07/2026
10 books to get to know me
If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino
The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, edited by B.C. Wallin
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
Pachad Yitzchak by Rav Hutner
Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
The Amazing Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt by J.M. DeMatteis
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 22/07/2026
You're going to want to get your hands on STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
"WONDERFUL"
— Daniel Pemberton, Composer, Steve Jobs

Quote is above an image of the book STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 15/06/2026
Order your copy of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH in time to celebrate the father in your life www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steve-jobs...
FATHER’S
DAY IS
JUNE 21"Lisa had a Computer Dad who was always Doing Something On The Computer, though it seems to me that she never really got to be in the inner sanctum of her dad’s Computer Doing. She never got to stand over his shoulder and wonder what was going on. She barely got to stand in the same room as him.”
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 11/06/2026
Sorkin biopics used to look like this, man
4 stills from Steve Jobs (2015)
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 05/06/2026
Pleased to announce my foray into romance writing Buy STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH on The Ripped Bodice, apparently www.therippedbodice.com/book/9798218...
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH on The Ripped Bodice, a romantic bookstore
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 29/05/2026
I think my Bubbe actually had this one
If mom says no… ask bubby!
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 24/04/2026
3 months after the publication of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, I want to say thank you to everyone who bought a copy of this labor of love and criticism. It means so much that you've welcomed our little book into your lives
THANK YOU over a collage of people holding their copies of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 21/04/2026
Hey look at what’s trending on @brightwalldarkroom.com Shoutouts to @dodgyboffin.com C. Zhang @emkantor.bsky.social @roxanellanque.bsky.social
Trending
Here at the End of All Things: In Defense of The Return of the King
by Sarah Welch-Larson

Speed Racer: Cubist Cinema
by B.C. Wallin

Some Notes on Crying in the Bathroom
by C. Zhang

Hitchcock’s Guide to Hilarity
by Emma Kantor

An Aria for Humanity
by Roxane Llanque
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 16/04/2026
There's a reason why a biography is a biography and a biopic is a biopic. Clip from a virtual Q&A I did after a Steve Jobs (2015) screening (hey film programmers, I'm available!)
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 30/03/2026
As I often do with the movies I love more than anything in the world, I turned to @brightwalldarkroom.com to tell you about it
And their art proves itself in the final sequence, a race to beat all races you’ve ever seen at the movies. You know Speed’s going to win. From the moment Spritle stands up in awe and proclaims “He’s gonna do it,” you know he’s right. As he weaves in and out of cars, Speed experiences his entire life: his childhood dreams, his lectures, his disappointments. Speed suddenly feels the weight of everything that has brought him to this point, reads the first draft of the screenplay. He sees images and hears voices, flashing through his head, as though at his own death. You know he has to win. And he swirls the track into paint, he tears reality into streaks of light, he spins the finish line into a kaleidoscope of red and white squares, creating something aweing, terrifying, beautiful, ineffable. Throughout the sequence, every move, every cut, every shout of the crowd becomes an abstraction of emotion, takes you to a thrilling place you’ve never been—and it is so, so devastatingly effective because of everything that’s happened until now, everything that’s mattered so, so much.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 10/03/2026
GIVEAWAY Hello, I published a book breaking down the 2015 film Steve Jobs one perspective at a time, and I'd like to give a copy away to one (1) lucky winner! Want a free book? Like, follow, and quote this post with the caption STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH Giveaway open to US, UK, and Canada
B.C. holds a copy of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 26/02/2026
It’s Méliès Mania! @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social @jeva.bsky.social @nathanaelhood.bsky.social @letterboxd.social
Marya, Jeva, and Nathanael all logged Gugusse and the Automaton on Letterboxd
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 26/02/2026
Sarah Jae is one of several talented writers on the project helping break down a single film, one perspective at a time. By focusing just on performance, we have the opportunity to understand and appreciate the film on a whole new level
As Jobs, Michael Fassbender is always playing high status, and he is, most of the time, raising self to lower scene partner. Like a king. Mere mortals are the ones who oscillate between presumed authority and supplication, changing the way they interact with people to suit what they need to get out of conversations. As genius creator-god, Jobs never stoops, never spooks, and never allows his colleagues, friends, or family to believe he even has a low status mode.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 18/02/2026
If you've had a chance to pick up a copy of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, please consider dropping a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads. Good reviews help books gain visibility and find their audience
Drop Your Review 5 stars
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 12/02/2026
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH achieves the "platonic ideal of film criticism" according to @justinh94.bsky.social on Goodreads. Pick up your own copy today!
That platonic ideal of film criticism wherein you come away
with both a greater appreciation for the stuff you already liked about the movie and an eagerness to dive back in with eyes for the stuff you missed.

Justin Hairston, Goodreads
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 11/02/2026
Steve Jobs stands over two copies of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH. The quote below:

"It's everything you wanted to know (and possibly didn't want to know) but were afraid to ask." — Steve Kopian, Unseen Films
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 04/02/2026
Some people have asked,
Do I need to watch the movie Steve Jobs before I read STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH?No. You can:
Read the book alone.
Watch the movie alone.
Watch the movie and then read the book.
Read the book and then watch the movie.
Watch the movie, read the book, and watch the movie again with a new appreciation.
Read the book, invent the version of Steve Jobs in your head that you imagine the movie to be, and leave it at that.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 03/02/2026
Guys, this is crazy. Barnes & Noble has now extended their sale of 50% off thousands of hardcover books
The sale mentioned in a banner above a product page for STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 28/01/2026
Pick up your copy: a.co/d/hh9JsVq
2 copies of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 28/01/2026
The MONOGRAPH fits in your pocket
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH in a breast pocketSteve Jobs puts a floppy disk in his breast pocket
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 26/01/2026
Here's something for your TBR pile www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
Goodreads screenshot

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Want to Read
Buy on Amazon
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 25/01/2026
This feels pretty cool, ngl
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH #1 new release in Arts & Photography Criticism
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 25/01/2026
What if, instead of trying to grasp a movie all at once, you could appreciate it through one lens at a time, understanding what the movie's doing with each of its elements? And what if we did that for a fascinating movie that got overlooked 10 years ago?
Production by B.C. Wallin 3
Jobs by Aashima Rawal 21
Sorkin by Kat Trout-Baron 33
Boyle by Scout Tafoya 45
Camera by Devan Scott 61
Performance by Sarah Jae Leiber 73
Music by Charlie Brigden 81
Edit by Alexander B. Joy 91
Aftermath by B.C. Wallin 113
Sources 125
Contributors 133
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 25/01/2026
It’s publication day! Now available: the world’s first book dedicated to the 2015 film Steve Jobs, featuring eight (8) writers breaking the film down, piece by piece, to appreciate the work as greater than the sum of its parts. bit.ly/STEVEJOBSMONOGRAPH
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH book cover front and back
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 23/01/2026
TOMORROW
Steve Jobs in Steve Jobs (2015) looks at STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 22/01/2026
I just can’t believe it
Snubbed: Speed Racer for Best Picture, among other things

Source: Variety
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 21/01/2026
Hello, I’m publishing a book about Steve Jobs, the movie, the one with Michael Fassbender, yeah the Aaron Sorkin one, from 2015. If you’re a member of the press and would like to talk about the project, please reach out.
A proof print copy of STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 14/01/2026
I would like to acknowledge the MONOGRAPH team.
Charlie Brigden
Alexander B.Joy
Sarah Jae Leiber
Aashima Rawal
Devan Scott
Scout Tafoya
Kat Trout-Baron
B.C. Wallin
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 14/01/2026
8 writers. 9 essays. 10 days. STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH is launching sooner than you think!
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH 10 DAYS UNTIL LAUNCH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 08/01/2026
The publisher of AdWeek just called this the best promotional post of all time. Of all time. And if anyone ever does one better it’s gonna be Chiat/Day who the board wanted to replace and it’s gonna be Lee Clow who the board thought was
On January 24, B.C. Wallin and friends will introduce STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH and you’ll see why 2026 won’t be like “1984“.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 24/12/2025
Cover reveal!!
STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH edited by B.C. Wallin
Monochrome dark/light blue cover dominated by the title in large, monospaced text:
STEVE
JOBS
MONO-
GRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 18/12/2025
On January 24, eight (8) writers will introduce STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH. And you'll see why 2026 won't be like "1984."
Apple 1984 ad but the lady with the hammer is STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 09/12/2025
Lisa
Lisa Brennan-Jobs played by Makenzie Moss, Ripley Sobo, and Perla Haney-Jardine
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 08/12/2025
I think I broke @nathanaelhood.bsky.social’s brain a little
Nate: This week for movie club, to say goodbye to 2025, we're going to watch one of the all time great American masterpieces.

BC: If it's They Live, I've got like 30 minutes left in it

Nate: What

Nate: How

Nate: Dude

Nate: What

Nate: I

Nate: That was the pick
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 26/11/2025
Read @sarahjaeleiber.bsky.social on performing status, Computer Dads, and being poorly made in STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, coming soon!
"Steve Jobs is not a genius creator-god; for most of the movie, he can’t even admit to having created his own daughter, because looking an imperfect human invention in the face is significantly harder than putting her name on a product.”
—Sarah Jae Leiber, Performance
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 13/11/2025
And Benny Safdie as Bowser Jr.
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 10/11/2025
Skeptical about Steve Jobs? So is @aeneas-nin.bsky.social! Read Alexander B. Joy in STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH to see how the editing of Steve Jobs (2015) betrays the Great Man narrative at the core of the Apple genius story, coming soon.
"The Silicon Valley myth surrounding the real-life Steve Jobs is that he was a magician, creating inimitable product styles and loyal customer bases where none existed before. But a magician is one who works magic, and the first act’s genre framing argues that the protagonist of Steve Jobs is no such person. He’s an illusionist at best, a weaver of mirages who amounts to yet another species of con man."
—Alexander B. Joy, Edit
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 07/11/2025
the disk fits in your pocket
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 05/11/2025
For the @broadsoundmag.com podcast, Danny and I each drafted the 5 best movie theaters in NYC. Who had the better picks?
B.C.’s Draft
AMC Lincoln Square 13
The Paris Theatre
Film Forum
Nitehawk Prospect Park
Anthology Film ArchivesDanny’s Draft
Film at Lincoln Center
Metrograph
IFC Center
Angelika Village East
AMC Empire 25
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 02/11/2025
A story of an icon. A story of changing times and media. Read @dagscott.bsky.social in STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, coming soon!
"Celluloid is old. Celluloid is the Apple II. We’ve moved past that: we’re in iPhone land now, the land of dematerialized media."
—Devan Scott, Camera
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 01/11/2025
I am an Apple fan, most of my personal tech devices are Apple, and I watch the keynotes every year. But. When I watched Steve Jobs the first time as an Apple fan, I was a little underwhelmed. It was only when I watched clips years later, getting caught in the musicality, that my fascination began.
Are you an Apple fan, or is the love of Steve Jobs its own thing?
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 01/11/2025
I’m aiming to go below $20. I want you to be able to look at STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH’s price and go “Sure, why not?”
will steve jobs monograph be less than 30 dollars?
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 01/11/2025
New top 4 for Noirvember. Any recommendations for more noir I’d enjoy?
Choosing a new top 4 every month of 2025

Favorites:
The Third Man
M
A Colt Is My Passport
The Long Goodbye
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 31/10/2025
It’s always felt more writerly, tbh
Why "BC" instead of a diminutive of your given name?
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B.C. Wallin @bcwallin.com · 30/10/2025
Read @honorszombie.bsky.social in STEVE JOBS MONOGRAPH, coming soon. bit.ly/stevejobsmonograph
"Jobs helped give everyone a camera on their phones, implicitly turning everyone into a filmmaker... Will there be anyone left to partake of cinema when we are all directors?“
—Scout Tafoya, Boyle
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