Elon Musk attacks film-maker behind documentary about him

Elon Musk described the film as a ‘hit piece that misses’. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters View image in fullscreen Elon Musk described the film as a ‘hit piece that misses’. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Elon Musk attacks film-maker behind documentary about him Tech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X Elon Musk has issued an angry tirade at the film-maker behind a four-hour documentary about his life and influence, labelling the director, Alex Gibney, a “bitter old man” who has “zero integrity”. Gibney, who has previously made films about the collapse of Enron, WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin, premiered his Musk documentary at the Venice film festival this week. He said he believed the world’s richest man was “extremely dangerous”. Musk review – epic study of the world’s richest and most banal man In a series of posts on X, which Musk bought for $44bn in 2022, the tech mogul railed against the film as a “hit piece that misses”, adding its four-hour length also made the documentary, which is highly critical of Musk, “as boring af”. Musk also appeared to push at conspiracy theory, reposting an image depicting the Democratic party as a puppet, controlling another puppet labelled “Team Soros” – a reference to the billionaire George Soros, who has supported progressive causes. That puppet in turn controls another one labelled “Alex Gibney”, while the Gibney puppet controls another labelled “Hollywood”. In response to the picture, Musk stated: “Accurate.” In response to a supporter who said he had never heard of Gibney until his Musk film, Musk replied: “It’s a psy op” – a reference to a planned “psychological operation” designed to influence the public’s thoughts. “Gibney has zero integrity. Zero,” said Musk. “Fortunately, his movies are boring af … It’s a hit piece that misses, and makes the fatal sin of being boring for 4 hours. “Gibney just assembled a hit list of people who either have an axe to grind or don’t even know me (but still have an axe to grind) … He’s a bitter old man who lost the plot long ago. “Dogshit is worth more respect than Gibney.” Musk’s lawyer has also threatened to sue Gibney for defamation, NPR reported on Thursday. State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film The documentary has caused a stir since its premier, as have the claims made .