The four-hour-long Elon Musk documentary might be preaching to the choir
Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.It makes sense that Musk is a long film. The latest from Alex Gibney, who has previously directed documentaries about Theranos and Steve Jobs, is an impressively thorough retelling of the story of Elon Musk, from his early days as a dot-com millionaire to “taking a wood chipper” to vital US government departments. In order to understand Musk’s rise to power, you need to know the whole story.
- ▪Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories.It makes sense that Musk is a long film.
- ▪The latest from Alex Gibney, who has previously directed documentaries about Theranos and Steve Jobs, is an impressively thorough retelling of the story of Elon Musk, from his early days as a dot-com millionaire to “taking a wood chipper” t
- ▪In order to understand Musk’s rise to power, you need to know the whole story.
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| Publication time | 2026-09-14T09:50:00-04:00 |
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