{"id":617659,"date":"2026-09-07T23:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617659\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T23:32:09","slug":"elon-musk-documentary-trailer-asks-if-hes-a-fascist-or-great-inventor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617659\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Documentary Trailer Asks If He’s a Fascist or Great Inventor"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe first teaser trailer for Alex Gibney<\/a>\u2019s highly anticipated Elon Musk<\/a> documentary \u201cMusk\u201d has been released.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film will world premiere out of competition at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 8 before continuing to the Toronto International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the 48-second teaser, montages of spacecrafts and astronautical devices fill the screen while voices giving varied commentary about Musk play in the background. The snippet does not give away much about the plot, but illustrates Musk\u2019s polarizing character.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s possibly the greatest living inventor. He is the real-life Iron Man. He is one of the greatest builders of all time,\u201d the background voices say. As the montage progresses, the tone of the statements changes. \u201cHe is the greatest capitalist in history. He\u2019s chaotic, random, capricious, manifestly cruel and selfish. He\u2019s a fascist,\u201d the backtrack continues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cElon is a nuke,\u201d the voice in the teaser concludes as a spacecraft hits the ground and implodes, bursting into flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tGibney first revealed in March 2023 that he had begun work on the documentary and was \u201cmany months\u201d into production. Musk responded to news of the project on his X\/Twitter account by predicting it would be \u201ca hit piece.\u201d Gibney fired back on the same platform, asking \u201chow would you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, with a nearly four-hour running time, will feature an original song from Talking Heads frontman David Byrne, who wrote and performed the new track entitled \u201cLet Me Sell You a Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGibney directs and produces \u201cMusk,\u201d joined by Jessie Deeter and Erin Edeiken for Jigsaw Productions, Dana O\u2019Keefe for Double Agent, Joey Marra and Zhang Xin for Closer Media and Anonymous Content\u2019s Nick Shumaker and Jessica Grimshaw. Ronan Farrow and Lawrence Wright round out the producing team.<\/p>\n

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