We Can See Everything

[I don’t think I want to.] I have paid Elizabeth Holmes only scant attention, but I know the basics of her story. After she founded Theranos at 19, the company grew to a multi-billion dollar valuation on the back of fraudulent claims about enhanced blood tests. After it eventually fell apart, Holmes was tried and convicted of fraud. Despite two bizarrely-timed pregnancies that seemed like disturbingly calculated attempts to garner sympathy, she is currently serving 11 years in prison. I imagined that might be the last we heard of Holmes, and for some time, it was. Now, however, there’s a bizarre new documentary called “You Can See Everything”. It’s from comedian/surrealist Nathan Fielder, who for reasons beyond comprehension was granted full access to Holmes and her family just a month before she had to report to prison in 2023. After reading about its Sunday premier at the Telluride Film Festival, I watched the trailer, and boy was it unsettling.1 Frankly, it’s the creepiest thing…