Nathan Fielder Speaks Out on Living With Elizabeth Holmes While Filming ‘You Can See Everything’ Doc: ‘She Seems So Genuine’ but ‘I Know She’s a Liar’ — SkimNews
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- "You Can See Everything" screened at the New York Film Festival on Wednesday after its Telluride premiere weeks ago, with the 3-hour film capturing Holmes and partner Billy Evans 34 days before her 11-year prison sentence for defrauding Theranos investors — and marking her first extended public remarks in years.
- Nathan Fielder described experiencing "cognitive dissonance" while filming, saying Holmes "seems so genuine at times" but "I know she's a liar" — a feeling shared by the entire crew, who couldn't agree on what seemingly mundane moments actually meant.
- Lance Oppenheim cold-emailed Fielder after learning he'd watched Oppenheim's documentary "Some Kind of Heaven"; the two reconnected at the Magic Castle, where an audience suggestion of Holmes for a magic trick reminded Oppenheim she had already contacted the company about documenting her life.
- A24 produced the documentary and gave the small crew the option to "pull the plug" if no story emerged, but Fielder and Oppenheim kept rolling because, as Fielder put it, "if we can't agree on what's happening, there's something here."
- In a viral teaser, Holmes tells Fielder, "I don't have anything to deceive you on," while the full trailer shows Fielder moving in with Holmes and Evans 24/7, sitting on their bed and watching Holmes cry during interviews.
- The film marks his feature directorial debut and opens in theaters Oct. 16, building on the comedic-documentary hybrid he honed in "Nathan for You," HBO's "The Rehearsal" and Showtime's "The Curse."
- Oppenheim is on a parallel hot streak: his Robert Pattinson-starring film "Primetime," about "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen, released last week, following his niche-community docs "Spermworld," "Ren Faire" and "Some Kind of Heaven."
Why it matters: The documentary is Holmes's first extended public statement since her fraud conviction, giving Fielder rare access to her unguarded behavior 34 days before she reported to prison. For Fielder, the film is a feature directorial debut that stakes his "Rehearsal"/"Curse" hybrid-documentary reputation on a subject with built-in Oscar buzz after its Telluride premiere.
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