Elon Musk Rages Over Alex Gibney’s ‘Hit Piece’ Documentary ‘Musk’: ‘Horrible Human’ — SkimNews
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- Elon Musk called filmmaker Alex Gibney a "horrible human" with "ZERO integrity" on X, writing that "Dogshit is worth more respect than Gibney" and that his movies are "boring af"
- Gibney's four-hour documentary "Musk" premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, arrives in U.S. theaters Oct. 16, and will air on HBO later this year
- Musk claims Gibney "assembled a hit list of people who either have an axe to grind or don't even know me," including first wife Justine Musk, mother of his child Ashley St. Clair, Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard, and his father Errol Musk
- The documentary also features journalists Kara Swisher and Zoë Schiffer, and Gibney told Rolling Stone in 2023 that the film was still taking shape as Musk's Twitter/X restructuring and White House involvement evolved
- Musk dismissed the film as "a hit piece that misses, and makes the fatal sin of being boring for 4 hours," while stopping short of confirming he had actually watched it
- Gibney spent years on the project, telling Rolling Stone in 2023 he was "noodling on Musk" and it was "too early to tell what the film is going to be"
Why it matters: With the film hitting U.S. theaters Oct. 16 and later airing on HBO, Gibney's portrait — sourced from Musk's ex-wife, father, and former business partner — keeps a deeply personal portrait in circulation while Musk amplifies his grievances on X, ensuring the feud stays in public view during his ongoing political entanglement with the Trump White House.
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