Alex Gibney’s 232-Minute Elon Musk Documentary Lands Venice Premiere in September
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 23
Alex Gibney’s 232-Minute Elon Musk Documentary Lands Venice Premiere in September
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 23
Summary
Venice added Alex Gibney’s 232-minute documentary “Musk” to its September lineup, ending a years-long wait for the director’s portrait of Elon Musk.
Gibney first unveiled the project in 2023, then kept re-editing after Musk’s support for Donald Trump, his DOGE role and fresh controversies kept expanding the story.
Alberto Barbera said the film traces Musk’s full career and contradictions, calling him both a capitalist genius and a dangerous technocrat with power concentrated in one man.
Bleecker Street will release the film in U.S. theaters on Oct. 16, while HBO Documentary Films holds North American TV and streaming rights and Black Bear handles international sales.
The premiere comes weeks after SpaceX’s $75 billion IPO pushed Musk’s fortune to trillionaire status, underscoring why the film’s scope kept growing.