While Italian cinemas have recently released Primetime, the feature debut in narrative cinema for documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, in America his new documentary arrived in theaters on October 16, created in collaboration with Canadian actor and comedian Nathan Fielder, which is enjoying considerable success and is already being talked about for upcoming category Oscars. It is titled You Can See Everything, and tells the story of a scandal about which Italy knows very little, documenting, at his own invitation, the last days of Elizabeth Holmes’s freedom before she ends up in prison for the Theranos fraud, which we will discuss after the trailer of the film.
Who Is Elizabeth Holmes and the Records Set by You Can See Everything
Elizabeth Holmes is an American entrepreneur who at only 19 founded Theranos, promoted as a revolutionary biotechnological method for conducting blood tests with extremely small samples—those drawn from a finger prick. Rapidly becoming a billionaire, she came under investigation in 2015 and in 2022 was convicted of fraud against the government and investors, receiving an 11-year prison sentence. A decisive factor in the investigations was a Wall Street Journal exposé that demonstrated the unreliability of the results and the falsity of the premises. In an effort to prove her good faith, Holmes in 2023, 34 days before entering prison, welcomed the documentary crew into her home, alongside actor Nathan Fielder, provoking further doubts among viewers with a story that ended up captivating the public. Many are already the records broken by You Can See Everything, which in just two days grossed $15 million with an exceptionally high per‑theater average, a figure higher than that of any documentary released since 2013 (at the moment it sits behind Fahrenheit 9/11 and seventh if we also consider concert documentaries, preceded by One Direction: This Is Us), placing itself in second at the box office after Street Fighter, and it boasts a very high score on both Letterboxd and Rotten Tomatoes. In short, it has entered the cultural conversation and this bodes well for a possible Oscar future, or at least a nomination. After all, it’s a story that invites the viewer to judge the morality of its protagonists and in this sense the personality of Elizabeth Holmes (who never blinks and has a crying scene that feels unconvincing in the film) seems crafted to spark discussion. You Can See Everything is distributed by A24, which lends it additional prestige in the eyes of the audience.
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