Nathan Fielder Holmes Doc Premieres at Telluride — SkimNews
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- "You Can See Everything" premiered as Telluride's secret sneak screening — a risky programming choice by festival chief Julie Huntsinger given nonfiction's narrower appeal — and drew continuous laughter across its nearly three-hour runtime at the Werner Herzog Theater.
- Nathan Fielder co-directed with Lance Oppenheim and appears on camera throughout the film; his reaction shots drew repeated laughs as he relentlessly probes whether Holmes knowingly oversold what Theranos's blood-testing machines could do.
- Elizabeth Holmes and her partner Billy Evans, father of her two young children, invited Fielder's crew to observe them for the 30-plus days before Holmes reported to a Texas federal prison in 2023 following her conviction for defrauding investors (she was acquitted of defrauding patients).
- Billy Evans emerges as a troubling presence — showering on camera, boasting about his sexual prowess, and prompting the article's aside that "they call Donald Trump a narcissist" — with questions raised about who is controlling Holmes's X/Twitter feed while she is incarcerated.
- Emma Stone moderated the Q&A after the world premiere at an afterparty at La Marmotte; a veteran journalist congratulated her, noting "actors typically don't excel at" moderating.
- Distributor A24 had not announced, as of the afterparty, whether the film would play another festival or proceed straight to theatrical release as soon as next month, according to Fielder.
Why it matters: Fielder's lens reframes the Holmes saga as dark comedy rather than straight exposé — the nearly three-hour film is described as drawing continuous laughter and hilariously deadpan reaction shots — meaning audiences get a Theranos portrait that is both longer and tonally distinct from Alex Gibney's "The Inventor" and Hulu's "The Dropout." Distribution partner A24 faces an unusually tight window, with a theatrical release reportedly possible as soon as next month, which would compress the usual festival-to-platform rollout.
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