Posted on 09/08/2026 11:36:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Elon Musk took the spotlight at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday. Well, not in person! But he and his influence took center stage as filmmaker Alex Gibney discussed his new doc, simply called Musk, during a press conference around lunchtime.
The film about the owner of X and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, world-premiering in the Italian fest's Venice Open -- Out of Competition program, comes from producers Jigsaw Productions (Gibney, Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken), Closer Media (Zhang Xin), Anonymous Content (Nick Shumaker, Jessica Grimshaw) and Double Agent (Dana O'Keefe)...
A couple of questions focused on the tech mogul's support for political parties on the right flank of the political spectrum in such countries as Germany, where the far-right AfD just won a regional election in Saxony-Anhalt this weekend. In fact, Musk congratulated the party on the victory via a "Well done!" on his X.
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[subtitle] Also at Venice, Ashley St. Clair discussed why she rejected a $40 million NDA and decided to take part in the doc, while tech journalist Zoë Schiffer said Musk augmented "more inflammatory comments" on X.
At the Venice Film Festival on September 8, 2026, filmmaker Alex Gibney and former influencer Ashley St. Clair discussed Gibney’s four-hour documentary “Musk,” which utilizes an AI avatar to simulate an interview with Elon Musk using his real quotes. Gibney described the technique as intentionally ironic, aiming to highlight the contrast between the “reality of what he’s done” and the “unreality of his narrative,” while also referencing Musk’s simulation theory.
St. Clair, who shares a child with Musk and appeared in the film after rejecting a $40 million non-disclosure agreement, warned that Musk is using his platform X to sow “deliberate division” and stoke flames that do not exist in the real world. She also highlighted her recent lawsuit against Musk’s AI company Grok, alleging it allowed users to generate sexually exploitative deepfake images of her.
Gibney characterized Musk as “extremely dangerous” to democracy, criticizing his manipulation of X’s algorithm to prioritize vitriol and suppress mainstream journalism. The documentary also details Musk’s role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and raises concerns about the data gathered on U.S. citizens, with Gibney suggesting Musk’s wealth and power stem from inflating stock rather than genuine technological innovation.
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More like Glow Bull. Right wing agenda. Doing the “right” thing? Even when no one is videoing!
Okay, so I actually went to the article and scanned it.(Evelyn Woods would be proud). My take is correct. Anti conservative (”rightwing”) Glow Bull. Why do these radical ‘lefty’ extremists always claim THEY are correct. And Charlie Kirk being called ignorant by some sleazy chick. Otay! Be gone assclowns!
It never ceases to amaze me that we have such a rich and engaged guy that mostly supports conservatives, during my life the left always seemed to get the rich and powerful.
There are other billionaires who lean right today, some of the guys from Silicon Valley types, not many years ago I thought they were all going to be against us.
Elon Musk says things which are “badthink” on the Left. Anyone who thinks of those things is bad, and must be driven out of acceptable society:
Things like: Freedom of speech means your political opponents are allowed to speak freely.
Things like: More energy is good for mankind.
Things like: The state is limited in what it can do. The free market does most things better.
Things like: People who are biological males, but want to be females, are still biological males.
If a person has a close relationship with physical reality, they are banned, because Leftist ideas are based on false assumptions about reality.
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