Filmmaker Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary about Elon Musk premieres at the Venice Film Festival, where it is described as well received at its world premiere. The film, which runs close to four hours, examines Musk’s public persona and influence across technology, politics, and American democracy.
Both outlets characterize the documentary’s approach as assembling existing information and viewpoints into a single, longer portrait. The New York Times emphasizes that much of the material is not entirely new, but that Gibney’s work reframes how viewers consider Musk’s impact. The Hollywood Reporter focuses on the film’s scrutiny of Musk’s “mythology” and presents it as an unsettling examination of his expanding reach. Across coverage, the central through-line is the documentary’s effort to treat Musk as a figure with democratic implications, while not presenting the story as a single, narrow allegation.
