Uplifting trailer for Elon Musk documentary
Alex Gibney’s film focuses for nearly four hours on one of the most controversial figures in the modern world.
He is one of the most powerful men in the world. He is one of the most influential men on the planet. And one of the most controversial too.
Who is Elon Musk really and what does the boss of Tesla and Space X want?
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney investigated and today we discover the trailer for Muskhis film which looks at the journey and influence of Elon Musk, through numerous interviews and archives.
Presented out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on September 8, the documentary received a four-minute standing ovation before also being screened at the Toronto Film Festival. With 232 minutes on the clock, or almost four hours, Musk is shaping up to be a particularly massive portrait of the richest man in the world.
Elon Musk did not participate in the film. On the other hand, he made known what he thought of Alex Gibney’s work on his own social network, believing that Gibney had made a “dependent film“, made up a list of people who “a grudge against him“. He also violently attacked the director in several messages. Alex Gibney had started working on the project in 2023 and explains that he first tried to interview Musk directly, who refused.
Musk will be released in theaters in the United States on October 16, distributed by Bleecker Street. An international release is also planned, but its French date has not yet been announced.
