Elizabeth Holmes Doc 'You Can See Everything' Shocks With Massive Opening (cnn.com) 74
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" earned more than $15 million in its limited opening weekend, making it one of the biggest documentary launches in decades and the strongest opening for a film on fewer than 1,000 screens since Borat in 2006. It was also "the biggest non-music documentary since 'Fahrenheit 9/11' in 2004," adds CNN. From the report: Many weekend screenings in cities like New York and Los Angeles were sold out despite the three-hour running time. The film's distributor, A24, called it "one of the largest limited-release openings of the 21st century." "You Can See Everything" opened on fewer than 900 screens following a jaw-dropping surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last month.
Fielder and Oppenheim worked on the project in secret for years, filming with Holmes and her partner Billy Evans in the weeks before Holmes went to prison in 2023. Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud Theranos investors, but she tried to convince the filmmakers of her innocence.
Fielder, who appears on camera interviewing Holmes and Evans, takes the film in unexpected directions, thrilling critics and theatergoers. The film has an extraordinarily high 99% "fresh score" on Rotten Tomatoes and a record-high 4.8 rating on Letterboxd. Further reading: Will New Documentary Make Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes More Sympathetic?
Fielder and Oppenheim worked on the project in secret for years, filming with Holmes and her partner Billy Evans in the weeks before Holmes went to prison in 2023. Holmes was convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud Theranos investors, but she tried to convince the filmmakers of her innocence.
Fielder, who appears on camera interviewing Holmes and Evans, takes the film in unexpected directions, thrilling critics and theatergoers. The film has an extraordinarily high 99% "fresh score" on Rotten Tomatoes and a record-high 4.8 rating on Letterboxd. Further reading: Will New Documentary Make Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes More Sympathetic?
Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:5, Interesting)
An interesting, albeit somewhat meandering, Wired interview with Fielder about the film:
https://www.wired.com/story/na... [wired.com]
Re:Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:4, Interesting)
Re: Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:4, Funny)
She looks like a muppet. You're just attracted to crazy.
Re: Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:5, Funny)
She looks like a muppet. You're just attracted to crazy.
And with her blond hair, she could be the next White House Press Secretary. :-)
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Obligatory Lisandra Vasquez
https://www.facebook.com/reel/... [facebook.com]
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Re:Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:4, Informative)
Someone needs to watch the film before confidently commenting about it.
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Spoiier alert:
https://slate.com/culture/2026... [slate.com]
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Re: Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:2)
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Obviously she fits a standard 21st century perception of attractive, pretty privilege exists and if she wasn't she wouldn't have been able to pull off the scam that she did. She also knows this by how meticulously she crafted her image to game investments.
If Holmes was 100lbs heavier nobody would be talking about her today. I don't think that's right but it's true.
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Re:Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:5, Interesting)
These things are orchestrated, not led.
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and the weird voice.
is that what she used when trying to convince the filmmakers of how innocent she is?
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Nope! There are some times in which she looks almost human, but for the most part she looks like a creature wearing a face made from uncooked poultry.
Any time I see her picture I want to look away.
Re: Fielder in Wired magazine (Score:2)
It was a wild film to watch - she literally sits there and says with a straight face she has no idea why she's going to jail, "I didn't do anything wrong", and "I've never told a lie."
A classic example - she said "(the device) can do any test", but when pressed she admits it can only do about a dozen tests, but when pressed by Fiedler she clarifies "it can do any test, but we only programmed/scripted a dozen - if we programmed/scripted more tests, it could do them."
In the third act of the film we see Elizab
The title sells... (Score:2)
I wonder what the title is alluding to...!
Re:The title sells... (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps the "Massive Opening" of the headline?
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Was it the size of a hallway?
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Most Slashdotters will likely be disappointed when they find out what "the title is alluding to".
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Re:The title sells... (Score:5, Informative)
If you want to know where the title comes from:
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It's from a text message that Elizabeth Holmes sends to Nathan Fielder, shown within the movie.
As you might imagine with Holmes, it is a deeply ironic title.
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Now there's a comment worth posting as AC and we all know AC means "a lot" when he says "very few".
How was it impressive, AC? Which of your dong standards was most satisfied?
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I went to see it with two women. The dong is all they talked about afterwards. Both said it was gigantic. They also wanted to know why it was so dark given his complexion.
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Re:fuck that dumb whore (Score:4, Informative)
I mean it doesn't matter what you think of a person, when you post like a troll you get modded like a troll regardless of whether some other person agrees with the message. Don't want to be modded like a troll, speak like a normal person instead of some AC internet shit.
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Used hurty words about a non-white, non-male or illegally immigrated person.
Do keep up.
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Troll, n:
Used hurty words about a non-white, non-male or illegally immigrated person.
Do keep up.
Yes I'm sure Fox News tells you that. But the world is full of posts modded as troll about white, male Americans too. You may notice that if you take your klan hat off.
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Your comments weren't even directed at that "dumb bitch", they were a preemptive insult to people who would disagree with you.
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how is that a troll? its my geniune feelings about that dumb bitch who stole millions from people and continues to lie to try to save herself. worthless piece of shit, man or woman or both.
Hint: When you title your post "Fuck that dumb whore" you're a troll regardless of what the rest of you post is about or what other language you use. If you think otherwise I'd invite you to open a dictionary.
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You are free to look it up in any dictionary.
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It should be noted that the AC wasn't posting about Holmes either but about anyone who has sympathy for Holmes. It was inflammatory and off-topic, even if one agrees.
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She's in Martha Stewart jail.
Her fans are are thursty by nature. (Score:2)
That's how she took advantage of pathetic gullibles.
Many men react to females like cat hoarders do felines. Youtube creators noted this long ago and often include cats (and dogs) to get views from many people who don't care at all about content.
Using AI to insert fictitious females into content like Facesbook Marketplace
is increasingly popular because it gets viewers to click the thumbnail. Holmes was able to fool old men who should have been utterly jaded like General Matthis because many people with high
Borat... (Score:2)
Re: Borat... (Score:5, Informative)
No. Opened on fewer than 1,000 sceens.
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No. Opened on fewer than 1,000 screens[ed].
I'd like to see a geographical map of the openings. Hypothesis: It played to a carefully curated audience.
Re: Borat... (Score:2)
Curated for what? People that appreciate insight into Scams?
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People most likely to believe in such a PR piece. And generate the sympathy that Holmes appears to be seeking.
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Having seen this movie, calling it a just PR piece is just...hahahahaha oh man. Clearly you are not familiar with Nathan Fielder, nor this movie.
Holmes has generated some sympathy from some of the people who have watched it, but I doubt it is in the way you think it is.
Now, if you argued that they targeted the limited release towards geographical regions that would support enough viewers for an arthouse mindfuck, you'd be on to something.
I have nothing nice to say. (Score:4, Interesting)
Also profiting off of crime and fraud is morally questionable.
Unless all profits go to real charity, people that watch this support fraud.
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(other movies that have earned this title seem to give the impression that it's straight cinéma vérité, but them reveal certain parts were staged, thus delving into the whole 'perception IS reality' and 'what IS truth, anyway??' side of the street that some people find real deep. I haven't seen the movie, but I expect the same goes (and people who have seen it, haven't said I'm wrong)
Anyway, on friday the homepage of NYTimes had four artic
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Well if the perps profit
Convicted? There are actually laws prohibiting profiting from things related to criminal acts (books, movies, etc).
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Also profiting off of crime and fraud is morally questionable.
At least ONE project she's been involved with is earning a legitimate profit!
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Also profiting off of crime and fraud is morally questionable.
Unless all profits go to real charity, people that watch this support fraud.
That's like saying people that watch true crime shows about murder support murder.
big hype machine behind this movie (Score:3)
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I've seen a lot of commercials for it.
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What parts of this historical tale are shocking?
Why, oh why, did jaws drop?
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I'm sure I can't see everything (Score:1)
Strong they are which is why you got downmodded. (Score:2)
There is no reason your post should offend an adult. Those it does are clowns unable to admit a reality that's common as dirt.
Advertising proves your point every day.
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The patriarchy is so strong
Matriarchy. After all, who is getting the royal treatment again?
I saw it a few days ago (Score:5, Interesting)
It's pretty wild, and there is good reason for the hype around it. It's really stuck in my mind.
It's a dive into deception and manipulation, and the relationships between some deeply pathological people. Ostensibly it is about the particular scammers depicted and the people making the movie themselves, but there's a couple moments where you see Toto pulling back the curtain a bit about the grift being more endemic in these Silicon Valley startup types in general.
It is not an entirely conventional documentary. Someone else suggested the category of "meta documentary" (it gets pretty meta), but perhaps it's a deconstruction of a documentary, or a documentary for a post truth environment? I'm not sure. If you've seen other Nathan Fielder works like the Rehearsal the way it goes off the rails will be familiar. And no, the movie does not hide the ball about questions about its objectivity or ethics what the movie is doing itself, it shoves it in your face in downright unsettling ways.
John Carreyrou, the WSJ journalist behind the piece that kicked off the spiraling downfall of Theranos and the most comprehensive chronicler of that fraud, gave You Can See Everything a glowing review.
There is absolutely no chance... (Score:2)
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Yes, it will.
A24 is a smart operation and they identified a fascinating documentary subject and put it together with minimal out-of-pocket expense.
Honestly, the entire crew fits in an SUV along with all their equipment - this was a very, very inexpensive movie to make (only Seyfried drew a paycheck as an actor, the couple got nothing for their part).
This is a money-maker, it will take off on a streaming platform(s)...
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Prod and marketing was around 10M and first weekend box office was 15M. Second highest opening for a documentary, ever. I was bored stiff by the second half, but everyone else is raving about it, so idk.