“Gibney’s basic take on Musk is that he’s a confidence man whose power comes only from the stock market and disappears the minute we see through the facade of sales pitches — but can do a whole lot of damage until that happens.”
Musk ex and former conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair, a central figure in the documentary, describes the events of Trump’s election in November 2024. Musk, she says, had a “degree of certainty” about the results before they came in that “I had never seen before.”
It sounds like recommended viewing, but I don’t know if my psyche could withstand four hours of Musk, even in a ‘hit piece’. Even a hit piece he richly deserved.
Oh man, Id sure like to see someone hit him… Like really hard… 40 or 50 times… With a car
This is BIG. Alex Gibney is a terrific director.
He is the producer of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron:_The_Smartest_Guys_in_the_Room
The film will get its world premiere on September 8 at the Venice Festival
I was about to ask who would go see this but then remembered that sycophancy is very high around him.
I mean… by all accounts it looks like this is going to paint a very unflattering picture of phony stark, so I wouldn’t categorically call anyone who sees it a sycophant.
I don’t think any of his fans will be watching this. It’s for everybody else.
