漫威的《复仇者联盟：毁灭日》理应成为未来几个月里最卖座的影片，但“毁灭博士”绝非唯一一个“入侵”影院的超级反派——现实生活中的几位亿万富翁同样具备这种“身份”。
Marvel’s “Avengers: Doomsday” should be the biggest movie at the box-office in the months ahead, but Doctor Doom is hardly the only supervillain invading theaters. He shares that distinction with several real-life billionaires.
本周，两部以亿万富翁为主角的纪录片相继上映：一部是讲述特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克的纪录片《马斯克》，这部影片极易被误认为是恐怖片；另一部则是《社交清算》，由演员杰瑞米·斯特朗饰演脸书创始人马克·扎克伯格。即将上映的还有讲述萨姆·奥尔特曼与OpenAI起源的《人工智能》、记述鲁珀特·默多克在英国小报界崛起历程的《墨迹》，以及讲述被判有罪的加密货币诈骗犯萨姆·班克曼-弗里德的Netflix剧集《利他主义者》。
This week sees the theatrical debuts of “Musk” — a documentary about Tesla CEO Elon Musk that could easily be confused with a horror movie — and “The Social Reckoning,” with actor Jeremy Strong playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Coming soon are“Artificial,” about Sam Altman and the origins of OpenAI; “Ink,” a look at Rupert Murdoch’s rise in British tabloid newspapers; and “The Altruists,” a Netflix series about convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried“Musk” depicts its subject as a gifted self-promoter and fabulist whose tales come with “massive consequences.”
《马斯克》将主角刻画成极具天赋的自我宣传大师与善于编造故事的人，而他的种种言行则带来了“极其严重的后果”。这些作品反映出人们对寡头统治与科技发展的深切忧虑，它们堪称敢于突破常规的艺术典范。遗憾的是，这样的勇气恐怕会愈发罕见。
These works, which reflect deep concern about oligarchy and technology, represent welcome instances of art that dare to be something. Such courage, unfortunately, could become increasingly rare.
《马斯克》与《社交清算》是这组影片中仅有的两部在万圣节前上映的作品，它们都能引发观者的战栗感，只是原因各不相同。
“Musk” and “The Social Reckoning” — the only pre-Halloween entries in this group — each evoke chills, albeit for different reasons.
由亚历克斯·吉布尼执导的《马斯克》时长达四小时，却仍难以将马斯克涉及的诸多领域与行为整合为一个连贯的整体。影片采用了一些颇为奇特的手法，比如用电脑技术生成马斯克的虚拟形象，而这恰恰正是影片的意图所在：展现人们对这样一个拥有巨额财富、强大权力与巨大影响力的人所怀有的日益强烈的担忧。影片中，马斯克的行为被形容为“古怪”（其中还有一段讲述他吸毒的内容），正如作家萨姆·哈里斯所言，他的行为也堪称“混乱无序”。
Directed by Alex Gibney, “Musk” struggles to wrestle all of Musk’s tentacles into a cohesive package, even with a four-hour runtime. The documentary employs strange devices, like a computer-generated Musk, but that’s really the point of the film: capturing mounting apprehension about one man having this much wealth, power and influence amid behavior variously characterized within the documentary as eccentric (including a section on his drug use) and “chaotic,” as author Sam Harris described him.
这部影片深入探讨了马斯克的私人生活与职业生涯，将他刻画成一位极具天赋的自我宣传大师兼善于编造故事的人。他所编造的种种言论带来了极其严重的后果，甚至殃及那些遭遇特斯拉自动驾驶技术相关事故的受害者。最令人不安的评论来自马斯克昔日的好友哈里斯，他指出：新冠疫情之后马斯克便变得判若两人，还肆无忌惮地利用自己名下的各类产业来谋取私利。
Delving into the personal and professional, “Musk” depicts its subject as a gifted self-promoter and fabulist whose tales come with “massive consequences,” including to the victims of accidents involving Tesla’s self-driving technology The most unsettling observation comes from Harris, Musk’s former friend, who says that Musk “unraveled” after Covid-19 and ruthlessly wields his disparate holdings to advance his objectives.
《社交清算》在《社交网络》上映16年后再度聚焦脸书——如今已更名为Meta——揭示了这家公司如何将用户参与度与利润置于社会责任之上，以及其算法机制所带来的种种恶劣后果。
“The Social Reckoning” revisits Facebook, now Meta, 16 years after “The Social Network,” showing how Zuckerberg’s creation prioritized engagement and profit over civic responsibility, and the dire fallout from its algorithmic anger machine.
2026年8月7日，一位民主党众议员指出：有报告证实埃隆·马斯克主导的DOGE项目彻底失败。本片仍由亚伦·索金执笔（此次他还担任导演），剧情围绕扎克伯格（由斯特朗完美演绎）、一名脸书内部举报人（米基·麦迪逊饰）以及一名试图揭露该公司恶行的调查记者（杰瑞米·艾伦·怀特饰）展开。
Report confirms Elon Musk’s DOGE was a ‘COLOSSAL FAILURE,’ says Democratic Congressman August 7, 2026 Again written by Aaron Sorkin (who also directed this time), the movie divides its focus among Zuckerberg (unerringly played by Strong), a Facebook whistleblower (Mikey Madison) and an investigative journalist (Jeremy Allen White) endeavoring to expose what the company has wrought.
影片中的扎克伯格宛如一个毫无道德观念的机器人。与前作一样，他对身边的人漠不关心（“我说‘不行’，讨论就此结束，”他对员工说道），对脸书所造成的种种负面影响也显得漠然置之。
This older Zuckerberg comes across as an amoral automaton. As in the first film, he remains dismissive of those around him (“When I say ‘No,’ that’s the end of the debate,” he tells his staff) and seemingly indifferent to Facebook’s collateral damage.
《马斯克》有力地论证了：马斯克在2024年支持特朗普，完全是因为他担心在民主党执政后会面临严苛的监管措施。
“Musk” presents a compelling case that Musk’s support for Trump in 2024 can be directly traced to Musk’s fear of regulatory consequences under a Democratic administration.
不出所料，唐纳德·特朗普总统在这两部影片中均扮演配角。虽然影片中并未直呼其名，《社交清算》探讨了脸书如何助长了极端主义氛围并最终引发“1·6国会山骚乱”；而《马斯克》则有力地论证了：马斯克在2024年支持特朗普，完全是因为他担心在民主党执政后会面临严苛的监管措施。
Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump plays a supporting role in both films. Although Trump goes unnamed, “The Social Reckoning” contemplates Facebook’s role in creating the climate of extremism that led to Jan. 6, while “Musk” presents a compelling case that Musk’s support for Trump in 2024 can be directly traced to Musk’s fear of regulatory consequences under a Democratic administration.
这些以亿万富翁为主题的影片很可能在整个颁奖季中展开角逐——但它们的上映窗口期或许十分有限。随着亿万富翁们逐步掌控媒体行业，他们近乎无穷的财力也给那些敢于涉足此类题材的创作者带来了诸多困扰。《Artificial》在亚马逊退出发行后不得不另寻发行商。各大社交媒体平台此前也拒绝接受《Musk》的相关广告；虽然这部影片最终得以在影院上映，而且马斯克本人的也确实提升了其知名度，但它原本是为HBO制作的双部曲。
These billionaire-themed projects will likely compete for awards throughout the prestige film season — but their window may be limited. As billionaires have consolidated control over media, their near-bottomless pockets are creating headaches for artists willing to tackle such material. “Artificial” was forced to find another distributor after Amazon backed out. Social media platforms already balked at accepting ads for “Musk,” and though it’s receiving a theatrical release — and surely gained awareness thanks to Musk’s criticism— the two-part film was made for HBO.
据悉，HBO的新东家Skydance曾考虑邀请马斯克投资这家由派拉蒙与华纳兄弟合并而成的新大型影视公司。
That network’s new owner, Skydance, has reportedly considered approaching Musk about investing in the new mega-studio created from the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros.
杰弗里·温特斯教授在新书《盲点》中探讨了寡头势力如何影响民主制度：2026年5月26日。权力欲极强的亿万富翁向来是电影中的经典反派角色。不过不久前，这类形象的塑造还带有更多幻想色彩——比如在詹姆斯·邦德系列电影《明日帝国》中，那位试图挑起第三次世界大战的媒体大亨便是典型例子。
Professor Jeffrey Winters examines how oligarchs influence democracies in new book: ‘The Blind Spot’ May 26, 2026 Power-mad billionaires have a rich history as movie villains. Not so long ago, however, their depictions were more fanciful (a media mogul trying to start World War III in the James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies,” for instance).
如今，这些亿万富翁所作所为所带来的巨大风险已变得触手可及。倘若电影制作方为了规避风险，转而选择以漫画中的反派角色作为创作对象——毕竟毁灭博士可不会动用大批律师来实施攻击——那对那些真正的亿万富翁反派而言无疑算是一场胜利。
Today, the high stakes surrounding their actions feel all too palpable. And if studios retreat from chronicling the transgressions of real billionaires to the safety of comic-book bad guys — Doctor Doom, after all, doesn’t attack with an army of lawyers — it will feel like a victory for the villains.
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