"In Armstrong's universe, tech is never morally in the black, and the people who create it are no better than despots—inept ones, at that."
"The film skewers the figure of the heroic male entrepreneur, revealing the Machiavellian archetype surrounding tech giants."
"Mountainhead," a satire directed by Jesse Armstrong, follows four tech billionaires in a modernist Utah mansion. With characters resembling real Silicon Valley figures, the plot exposes their shallow motivations and ineptitudes. Randall Garrett, played by Steve Carell, is the cancer-stricken mentor clinging to immortality through technology. Each character, from Jason Schwartzman's Hugo Van Yalk to Ramy Youssef's Jeff Abredazi, shares a common trait: prioritizing wealth over any ethical concerns. The film challenges the glorification of entrepreneurial success in a world driven by greed and moral ambiguity.
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