Entertainment · Film · 10 hrs ago
Nathan Fielder’s Film Blurs the Line Between Documentary and Performance
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s film follows Elizabeth Holmes and her family at a California beach rental.
Fielder spends 34 days filming and questioning Holmes, her partner and their two children.
Holmes was convicted of defrauding investors and patients through Theranos, whose blood-testing technology made false claims.
She is about to begin an 11-year prison sentence during the period covered by the film.
Holmes and her partner say they joined the film to promote what they call “radical transparency” and persuade the public that she is innocent.
The critic argues that Fielder’s close involvement makes him part of the action, rather than a detached observer.
That blurring of roles leaves viewers to consider who is watching whom and what they want seen.
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s film You Can See Everything follows Elizabeth Holmes and her family as Holmes seeks to persuade the public that she is innocent.
Fielder spent 34 days filming and questioning Holmes, her partner Billy Evans and their two children.
He later moved into the guesthouse of the family’s California beachfront rental, shortly before Holmes began an 11-year prison sentence.
Hyperallergic argues that Fielder’s presence makes him part of the events he records, blurring the line between documentary and performance.
- Who
- Nathan Fielder, director Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans and their two children.
- What
- You Can See Everything documents Fielder filming and questioning Holmes and her family. The film’s approach blurs the line between observation and participation.
- When
- Fielder filmed the family for 34 days. The sources do not state when the filming took place.
- Where
- A California beachfront rental, including its guesthouse.
- Why
- Holmes and her family hoped the film would persuade the public that she was innocent. They described their participation as an act of radical transparency.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Fielder spent 34 days filming and questioning Holmes, Billy Evans and their two children.
Fielder moved into the guesthouse of the family’s California beachfront rental.
- Film
- You Can See Everything
- Directors
- Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
- Filming period
- 34 days
- Family members filmed
- Elizabeth Holmes, Billy Evans and their two children
- Rental location
- California beachfront
- Prison sentence
- 11 years
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fyi you can totally see everything
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