From The Hollywood Reporter · Steven Zeitchik · · 1m 10s
Hollywood Docs Target Tech Giants
Four films expose Silicon Valley's power plays and Hollywood's quiet rebellion.
In brief
Four films expose Silicon Valley's power plays and Hollywood's quiet rebellion. Hollywood films like You Can See Everything reveal tech leaders' influence while showing storytellers' power to challenge AI's dominance. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
You Can See Everything Premiere
A24 releases Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes doc at NYFF.
“You Can See Everything”
Tech Giants in Focus
Films target Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman and Elizabeth Holmes.
“the fourth figure, you can see everything 's holmes along with her husband billy evans”
Musk's Surveillance Tactics
Musk's film deconstructs his power and alleged election rigging.
“musk spends four hours meticulously deconstructing the ways its subject got his power”
Meta's Division Strategy
Meta's film shows intent to stoke divisions for profit.
“reckoning shows a meta intent on stoking our rage and divisions for its own profiteering”
Artificial's Impact
Artificial film reveals Sam Altman's manipulation of OpenAI staff.
“ostensibly a procedural account of sam altman's rise to power at openai”
Sutskever's Safety Concerns
Ilya Sutskever's safety-first approach gets overruled by Altman.
“sutskever joined and made possible openai's breakthrough science after altman reassured him everything would be done all human-centric and responsible”
Storytellers' Power
Hollywood writers challenge tech's narrative dominance.
“engineers may live in our screens and even addict our brains, but the storytellers have something even more powerful: they can make us feel”
Studio Backlash
Amazon drops Artificial after backlash.
“amazon thought it could silence the protest voices by dropping artificial”
Hollywood's Shift
Neon, Sony, HBO and A24 now challenge tech industry.
“neon, which picked up artificial, sony, the social reckoning, hbo, musk and a24”
Tech's Response
Tech platforms deny ads for You Can See Everything.
“x, tiktok, meta and youtube all at first denied ads for the film”
AI's Hollywood Threat
AI threatens Hollywood jobs but storytellers remain powerful.
“after all these years of hearing about ai coming for hollywood jobs”
Hollywood's Revenge
Hollywood films exact revenge on tech leaders through storytelling.
“the people shaping these four narratives are all singing the same chorus”
The short version
Hollywood films like You Can See Everything reveal tech leaders' influence while showing storytellers' power to challenge AI's dominance.
