Director Gibney Says Fear Shadowed Making of Musk Documentary
The nearly four-hour film uses archival footage and new interviews to examine Musk’s business empire, political influence and personal conduct.
- On Tuesday, director Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney premiered his 225-minute film 'Musk' at the Venice Film Festival, examining billionaire Elon Musk's rise to influence and his complex relationship with power.
- Gibney employed an AI-generated avatar of Elon Musk to narrate the film using his own past words after the billionaire refused to participate, seeking to "understand what game" the entrepreneur is playing.
- Ashley St. Clair, a former partner, appears prominently in the documentary after rejecting a $40 million non-disclosure agreement, describing Musk as someone "causing deliberate division" through his controversial comments on X.
- The documentary links Musk's business ventures, including Tesla and the Department of Government Efficiency , to "noble cause corruption," alleging he leverages government influence for personal gain and political agendas.
- Musk dismissed the documentary as a "hit piece" on X this month, while Gibney reported widespread "existential fear" among potential interviewees who declined to speak about the tech titan.
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An endless epic about Elon Musk takes pleasure in Venice's festival, film and rest. Two women even feel pity for the billionaire's ex-women.
VENICE. A marathon documentary about Elon Musk has set the tone at the Venice Film Festival. Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney speaks of a “breathtaking sense of fear” that surrounded the film project from the start.
"Possible Love", by Korean Lee Chang-dong, and "Look Back", by Japanese Hirokazu Koreeda, are proof of the vigor of Eastern cinema. In the documentaries, "Musk", which we will be able to see at HBO soon, and "Imperium", about the Soviet Union, also ‘on the way to Portugal, shine at Venice's film festival
How did he become so powerful? And why did we give it to him?He analyzes the various stages of his career, from the times of Silicon Valley to today, insisting on the resounding failures: "It is dangerous for the democracies of the world."
"Musk" is the new work of the oscarized Alex Gibney, described as an implacable, exhausting and deeply disturbing portrait of the richest man in the world.
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Quotidiano NazionaleRome, 8 Sep. (askanews) - It was presented outside competition at the Venice Festival, and will be released on October 16 in the United States, "Musk," the long documentary by Alex Gibney that shows some unpublished aspects of the life of the billionaire entrepreneur and examines his growing economic and political power. Through an accurate journalistic survey, with interviews to former compañeras, former collaborators, Musk associates, and much…
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