Elon Musk has issued an angry tirade at the film-maker behind a four-hour documentary about his life and influence, labelling director Alex Gibney a “bitter old man” who has “zero integrity”. Gibney, who has previously made films about the collapse of Enron, WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin, premiered his Musk documentary at the Venice film festival this week. He said he believed the world’s richest man was “extremely dangerous”.
In a series of posts on X that Musk bought for $44bn in 2022, the tech mogul railed against the film as a “hit piece that misses”, adding its four-hour length also made the documentary, which is highly-critical of Musk, “as boring af”. Musk also appeared to push at conspiracy theory, reposting an image depicting the Democratic party as a puppet, controlling another puppet labelled “Team Soros” – a reference to the billionaire George Soros, who has supported progressive causes. That puppet in turn controls another labelled “Alex Gibney”, while the Gibney puppet controls another labelled “Hollywood”.
In response to the picture, Musk stated: “Accurate.” In response to a supporter who said he had never heard of Gibney until his Musk film, Musk replied: “It’s a psy op” – a reference to a planned “psychological operation” designed to influence the public’s thoughts. Musk specifically denied a claim made by his ex-partner, the former Maga influencer Ashley St Clair, that his team offered her $40m to sign a non-disclosure agreement about their time together. Musk also amplified a post by podcaster Katie Miller, the wife of Donald Trump’s powerful adviser Stephen Miller and former communications director for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Miller complained about the alleged absence of Musk acquaintances and allies in the film. While he has repeatedly intervened in the immigration debate in the UK, he also celebrated the strong result for Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland in this week’s state elections in Saxony-Anhalt. Speaking at a press conference in Venice, Gibney said he had encountered a “sense of fear” among people he approached over his film.
He surmised that Musk’s childhood in South Africa may account for how he behaves now.
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