Alex Gibney's Musk documentary expands to cinemas nationwide

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Director Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk expands to cinemas nationwide on Friday after its Venice premiere last month.

Director Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk' expands to cinemas nationwide on Friday after premiering at the Venice Film Festival last month. The film is currently showing in select theatres in New York and Los Angeles.

Elon Musk has publicly attacked the documentary and its director on X over recent weeks. He has called Gibney an 'idiot', a 'horrible human', a 'shill for the far left' and a 'tinfoil hat crackpot' with 'zero credibility'. After the film was announced three years ago, Musk called it a 'hit piece'. Following its Venice premiere, he wrote that dog faeces are 'worth more respect than Gibney'. Musk has reportedly not seen the film and did not respond to a request for comment from the Associated Press.

The film's distributor, Bleecker Street, has struggled to place paid advertisements on major social media platforms. As of 25 September, YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X had all refused to run the adverts, citing the content being flagged for 'political content'. YouTube and Meta have since reversed their decisions. There are also questions about whether the documentary will air on HBO as originally planned, given concerns about connections between the film's parent company leadership and Musk.

How it is being reported

• Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this weekElon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”.News4Jax · 12 Oct, 16:00
• Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ has already gotten under Elon Musk’s skin. It goes nationwide this weekElon Musk has been vocal against Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk,” calling the filmmaker names like “idiot” and “horrible human.”.Clickorlando · 12 Oct, 16:00

In this story: Alex Gibney · Elon Musk · Bleecker Street · Venice Film Festival

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