‘Musk’ Review: World’s Richest Man, And His Digital Avatar, Thrashed In Damning Alex Gibney Doc – Venice Film Festival

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‘Musk’: Alex Gibney Shares His Take on Elon Musk’s “Global Right-Wing Agenda” and the “Almost Existential Fear” of Talking He Encountered: Venice

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Alex Gibney Encountered “Tremendous Sense Of Fear” While Researching ‘Musk’; Praises “Brave People” Like Ashley St. Clair For Agreeing To Talk

Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney told a Venice Film Festival press conference on Tuesday that he came up against a “tremendous sense of fear” as he canvassed for interviewees his new bombshell documentary Musk about controversial tech tycoon Elon Musk.

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