3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Oct 28
Summary
Seven crew members initially moved into Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans’ home, where Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim said they built a three-camera setup to capture spontaneous reactions during Holmes’ final month before prison.
Fielder said Holmes and Evans kept drawing him on camera and trying to shape what was filmed, prompting the team to start recording process conversations and even set up before the family woke up.
As access to Holmes shrank after her incarceration, Oppenheim said the film shifted from vérité toward other documentary modes, eventually bringing in Amanda Seyfried to watch footage and re-enact key scenes.
At the SCAD Savannah Film Festival Q&A, both filmmakers said they still lack clear answers about why Holmes invited them in, describing the finished movie as an evolving test audiences interpret differently.
The A24 release, unveiled less than two months ago and in theaters since Oct. 16, has become a major box-office documentary and an early best-picture Oscar contender.
Did Holmes misjudge Nathan Fielder, or is You Can See Everything really a documentary about who controls the story?
Why did Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans invite Nathan Fielder inside their final pre-prison month if even he still thinks “some game” was being played?