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Alex Gibney\u2019s long-gestating documentary about tech mogul Elon Musk<\/strong> is finally heading to the Venice International Film Festival for its world premiere. The documentary, titled simply \u201cMusk,\u201d arrives with an enormous, nearly four-hour runtime.<\/p>\n Musk, who has been outspoken in his criticism of movies like Christopher Nolan\u2019s \u201cThe Odyssey,\u201d previously dismissed the documentary as a \u201chit piece.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Gibney\u2019s documentary on Elon Musk will premiere on the Venice Film Festival in September. The 232-minute feature was unveiled as a part of the festival\u2019s official lineup by artistic director Alberto Barbera in Rome on Thursday.<\/p>\n In the course of the announcement, Barbera paused to emphasise the film\u2019s extraordinary runtime, reflecting just how much of the controversial tech billionaire\u2019s story is packed into the documentary.<\/p>\n \u201cI invite you to have a look at the duration of the movie \u2014 4 hours,\u201d Barbera said, per The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c[Gibney] traces the entire profession \u2014 the contradictions, and the conditioning power that’s centralized within the hands of a single man,\u201d he added. \u201cConsider a genius of capitalist entrepreneurship, but in addition a dangerous technocrat, with no moral scruples.\u201d<\/p>\nWhy The \u2018Musk\u2019 Documentary Took So Long To Finish<\/h2>\n