Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything, Digi Mart USA News: Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder and co-director Lance Oppenheim have made You Can See Everything, a three-hour feature-length film that stages a sustained experiment with Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, according to a review published by The Conversation AU. The film is in cinemas from November 12.
Holmes, who founded Theranos at age 19 with the aim of democratising health care through a portable machine that could run hundreds of tests from a single finger-prick blood sample, was convicted in 2022 of three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy and sentenced to 11 years in prison. She maintains her innocence.
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The first part of the film follows Holmes and her partner, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Billy Evans, in their rented Southern California beach house during her final 34 days before entering prison. Cameras placed in the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen give the sense that the audience is seeing everything, while the film also presents a more personal portrait of Holmes, including scenes of her as a new mother.
The second part, set in 2025, shows Holmes serving her sentence in a minimum-security federal prison in Texas, where she is largely unavailable to the filmmakers. Fielder hires an actor to re-enact their conversations, which the reviewer describes as resembling an extended therapy session in which the two try to interpret Holmes’ behaviour and motives.
According to the review, the film also focuses on Evans, whose controlling behaviour becomes central in the second half. The review says he holds power of attorney for Holmes and posts on her X account without her knowledge, and that whether she consented to his behaviour remains unclear.
The reviewer, Audrey Mitchell, concludes that the film’s layers of performance blur the line between fact and fiction, and that viewers may leave with a less clear understanding of Holmes rather than a clearer one. The review notes that the film marks Holmes’ first time speaking to the press since 2016.
