Alex Gibney Says Elon Musk Should 'Embrace Free Speech'
The four-hour film uses a photorealistic CG avatar of Musk, and he objected to the portrayal before threatening legal action.
- On Tuesday, filmmaker Alex Gibney premiered his four-hour documentary 'Musk' at the Venice Film Festival, prompting Elon Musk to threaten legal action and label the project a "hit piece" on his platform X.
- The documentary examines Musk's rise from his early Silicon Valley success as a 23-year-old co-founder of Zip2, tracing how he became a figure driving instability across politics, media, and government.
- Gibney alleges Musk used his time leading the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to archive government data while manipulating X's AI systems to shape user experience according to his political preferences.
- Musk called Gibney a "horrible human" who "lacks integrity" throughout the week, yet the filmmaker remains confident in his project, citing deep sourcing and independent fact-checking by lawyers.
- Gibney warns these findings emerge amid a $725 billion AI boom, where weak guardrails and public mistrust fuel debates about whether powerful individuals could influence upcoming elections.
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American director Alex Gibney made the documentary-maraton "Musk , about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk , to encourage discussions about the restoration of power in the hands "of the oligarchs in the field of technology , said it in an interview given Sunday evening for Reuters . Oscar's documentary director is at the International Film Festival in Toronto ...
Elon Musk's First Wife, Justine, Says He 'Gaslit' & 'Treated Her Like An Employee' Throughout Their Marriage In New Documentary
Justine Musk, Elon Musk‘s first wife, is speaking out with striking candor about their marriage in a new four-hour documentary titled Musk, directed by Alex Gibney, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month. Justine, whose maiden name is Wilson, described the relationship bluntly as “super toxic,” saying she spent much of the […] The post Elon Musk’s First Wife, Justine, Says He ‘Gaslit’ & ‘Treated Her Like An Employee’ Thro…
Now Musk's lawyer has sent a letter to the production company Jigsaw Productions, threatening to file a lawsuit if the company does not distance itself from the theory.
‘Musk’ director wants viewers to reclaim power from ‘tech oligarchs’
TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Filmmaker Alex Gibney made his marathon documentary “Musk,” about the vast influence of billionaire Elon Musk, to prompt discussions about reclaiming power from “tech oligarchs,” he said in an interview on Sunday. The Oscar-winning documentarian is at the Toronto International Film Festival for the North American premiere of the documentary. Gibney started the film before U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term an…
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