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Alex Gibney's 3h45m Musk Documentary Reaches Theaters Without Its Subject

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Alex Gibney directed a three-hour-and-45-minute documentary centered on Elon Musk. In an interview with The New York Times, Gibney discussed how far he went to try to interview Musk, and said he believes Universal Pictures hesitated to plan an international release. Musk does not appear in the film. The result is a portrait built without the participation of the person at its center, with the director's account of a studio's overseas caution.

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A documentary about a living subject can be more revealing when the subject stays away.

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Or it leaves the film vulnerable to one-sidedness, especially when the director says he tried hard to get the subject on camera.

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Variety Film ↗‘Musk’ Director Alex Gibney Confirms Universal Wavered in Planning Overseas Release, Says He Tried to Interview Elon Musk: ‘His Response Was Writing “Gibney Is a Douche”’