Director Gibney says fear shadowed making of Elon Musk documentary


Director Gibney says fear shadowed making of Elon Musk documentary <br> Many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, director Alex Gibney said on Tuesday, ​as he unveiled his marathon documentary about the billionaire entrepreneur at the Venice Film Festival. The nearly four-hour movie charts &zwnj;Musk&#39;s rise from the dotcom era to become one of the world&#39;s most influential figures, questioning how an unelected tech titan came to wield such sway over politics and public debate. &quot;There was a tremendous sense of fear of talking, really almost existential fear, both among people who were his ​critics, people who were his business colleagues and people who are his friends,&quot; Gibney said ahead of the screening of &quot;Musk&quot;. &quot;I ​talked to many, many, many, many people who, except for some of the brave people who ⁠are here, declined to speak.&quot; The Tesla and SpaceX chief has dismissed the film, writing on his social media platform X this ​month that Gibney was biased and was &quot;obviously going to make the most convincingly terrible hit piece on me that he can possibly ​think of&quot;. Hooking up with Trump Joined by journalist Zo&euml; Schiffer and Ashley St&nbsp;Clair, Musk&#39;s former partner and the mother of one of his many children, Gibney said he began work on the project in 2023 and had originally planned a less ambitious movie. &quot;We intended to make a shorter film ​before Elon Musk became wrapped in the career of Donald Trump and the presidency of the United States,&quot; Gibney said, adding ​that the first thing he did was to contact Musk, who declined to be interviewed. Gibney, whose previous subjects have included the collapse of energy &zwnj;firm Enron ⁠and Scientology, said Musk&#39;s ascent was &quot;the story of the confidence man&quot; whose empire was built on an ability to sell inflated visions and hyped-up promises. Without necessarily presenting any new bombshells, the film links Musk&#39;s takeover of Twitter, his government cost-cutting drive and his reliance on federal contracts to the creation of unprecedented power and wealth in the hands of just one man. Global political agenda The documentary ​uses an AI-generated version of ​Musk that speaks words he ⁠has uttered over the years. Asked whether he expected legal challenges, Gibney said: &quot;We consulted our lawyers, and they gave us a sign-off to go forward.&quot; After embracing Trump&#39;s MAGA movement, the film shows Musk&#39;s ​growing support for far-right political causes internationally, including the surging Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. &quot;I think he&#39;s ​pursuing a global ⁠right-wing agenda, both for ideological and for very practical and monetary reasons,&quot; said Gibney, adding that Musk was &quot;extremely&quot; dangerous to world democracy. He also offered an unflattering assessment of the billionaire&#39;s character. &quot;I would say he has a very difficult time with empathy,&quot; the director said. St&nbsp;Clair, who ⁠revealed ​in the documentary that she had turned down a $40 million non-disclosure agreement after ​her relationship with Musk ended, echoed the criticism. &quot;His most complicated relationship is with the truth,&quot; she said. In the film, she says simply: &quot;Elon is a nuke&quot;. &quot;Musk&quot; is ​being shown out of competition at the Venice festival, which runs until September 12. <br> <img src="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2628161/director-gibney-says-fear-shadowed-making-of-elon-musk-documentary" alt=" Director Gibney says fear shadowed making of Elon Musk documentary" width="100%">

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