硅谷盛产天才,渴望用产品改变世界——乔布斯、马克·扎克伯格、杰夫·贝索斯、埃隆·马斯克......满眼都是成功者。
然而有部电影,却专门记录了一个失败故事——《通用魔术》(General Magic)。
硅谷未来学者保罗·萨弗(Paul Saffo)这样形容本片:「创新者总会在清晰方向上短暂迷失。」
IMDB评分9.8,烂番茄新鲜度100%。为什么一个关于失败的故事能收获如此高的评价?
因为电影讲述的,是堪称硅谷最伟大的一次失败,是一个由于想法过于超前、技术受限而导致的失败。
欢迎参加硅谷纪录片《通用魔术》(General Magic)清华x-lab点映会,并与主创团队现场交流你的失败与伟大。
硅谷纪录片《通用魔术》(General Magic)点映会
时间:10月26日 周五 15:00-17:00
地点:清华x-lab场地 多功能厅(清华科技园科技大厦B座B1-01)
活动议程:
15:00-16:30纪录片放映
16:30-17:00主创问答
嘉宾简介:
Veronica Zhou 周爽
特许金融分析师、加拿大特许估值师、中/加/港/英注册会计师、美国执照内审师和信息系统审计师
周爽是一名美国特许金融分析师和加拿大证券/司法体系认可的商业估值师,在中国、香港、加拿大和英国四地持有注册会计师执照,并拥有美国内审师和美国信息系统审计师资质。 周爽十二年来致力于为跨境投资、收购和并购提供交易服务、财务咨询和独立第三方估值,并成功协助中国和北美的上市公司和私营企业在对方市场进行投融资、管理海外子公司、以及与当地公司结成战略合作伙伴。 2017年周爽进入斯坦福商学院参加高级行政管理人员培训,主要进修方向为科技创新企业的筹融资和发展战略。
周爽早年受训于毕马威北京所,主要为进行海外收购并购的大型国资委企业提供审计、内控咨询、尽职调查和长期投资估值。 在北美市场,周爽先后就职于温哥华市政府、不列颠哥伦比亚省政府和加拿大全国规模第二的公共资产管理公司,负责其全球战略配置的直接投资、基金投资和协同投资的架构设计、估值、以及自有基金的作价。 周爽于2015年成立了泛太平洋咨询有限公司,立足于温哥华和维多利亚,业务范围遍及北美、伦敦、巴黎和特拉维夫等中国对海外投资的目的地。
周爽是清华校友会北加州分会的活跃成员,常年在CFA协会的温哥华分会和维多利亚分会,以及IIA协会温哥华岛分会中担任董事和职业发展项目负责人,曾代表加拿大被CFA国际授予全球优秀协会领军人物荣誉。周爽是一名 PADI 潜水救援员、跳伞运动和野外生存爱好者,业余时间用于备赛铁人三项70.3。
Sarah Kerruish
Before moving back to London, Sarah Kerruish lived in Silicon Valley for 15 years
where she worked as a filmmaker with some of the great inventors of our age.
Her films have been distributed worldwide and won many awards, including a
Peabody and an Emmy nomination. In 2017, she made a short film about the last
few days of the tech team at the White House under President Obama. Sarah is
currently Chief Strategy officer at Kheiron Medical, working with an incredibly
talented deep learning team to improve the detection and treatment of breast
cancer. In 1993, she worked with a documentary crew filming the team at General
Magic. As a former Magician herself, Sarah’s unparalleled access to the
subjects in our film allows her the greatest insight and intimacy to the heart
of our story.
Matt Maude
Maude is an award winning director, writer and producer. After starring in the
UK ITV soap Crossroads during his teenage years, Matt moved to working behind
the camera, directing and producing adverts, promos, music videos and narrative
shorts. As a screenplay writer and director, Matt won the Kirin First Press
Award for direction and the Epic Award for Best Screenplay and was nominated
for the Virgin Media Shorts Award. He is a member of a UK’s regional screen
agencies ‘Super 8’ - one of eight filmmakers to watch. In 2017, he joined Sarah
Kerruish in creating a film about the last week of the Obama Administration.
General Magic is his first documentary feature film. At the Tribeca Film
Festival, Matt was nominated for the Best New Director Award.