Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim Screen Secret Elizabeth Holmes Doc at NYFF

Lincoln Center screening

Moviegoers queued outside Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York as early as 3 a.m. for the sold-out 8 p.m. screening of "You Can See Everything" on Wednesday. The three-hour documentary, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the final month before her federal incarceration. New York Film Festival programming director Dennis Lim introduced the work to an audience of 1,100 attendees, with dozens more waiting in standby lines outside. Inside the auditorium, the crowd reacted with audible laughter and gasps to the film's unexpected narrative developments. Following the screening, Fielder joined Oppenheim on stage to discuss the three-year production process.

I am still struggling to this day to understand what I went through.

Production inside the Del Mar residence

The project was shot secretly over three years, centering on the 34 days leading up to Holmes' surrender to a federal prison in Texas in May 2023. Holmes received an 11-year prison term after being convicted on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy related to claims that Theranos could detect diseases using a single drop of blood. Fielder lived in a guest house at the Del Mar, California beachside residence where Holmes stayed with her partner Billy Evans and their two children. The filmmakers filmed continuously across the property from morning to night, conducting interviews in domestic settings including bedrooms and bathrooms while Holmes maintained her innocence.

I mean, I cannot tell you how weird it was that we were there. I wouldn't think I'd be, like, the person that you would want for your final 34 days of freedom. I'm not the most, like, comforting.

Project development and A24 involvement

The documentary took shape after Holmes and Evans approached film studio A24 about participating in a documentary before her prison sentence commenced. Oppenheim had previously contacted Fielder after learning the comedian watched his documentary "Some Kind of Heaven." During a subsequent visit to the Magic Castle, an audience member suggested Holmes for a magic trick, which reminded Oppenheim of her contact with the studio. Fielder, who had followed the scandal through the 2018 book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup," arranged a meeting with the couple through A24 out of curiosity over why they sought camera coverage.

Narrative structure and theatrical rollout

The film begins with roughly two hours of direct domestic questioning before transitioning into a final hour incorporating manufactured scenarios and formal narrative shifts. The existence of the project remained classified until an unannounced, no-phones screening at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6. Fielder and Oppenheim noted during the New York discussion that they frequently disagreed during filming over how to interpret Holmes' demeanor. A24 gave the small crew permission to abandon the project if a coherent story failed to emerge, but the completed film will now open in theaters on October 16.

When I met her, I remember having this weird experience where she seems so genuine at times. But then I'm like, 'no,' and clocking and tracking my thoughts and being like, 'Okay, I know she's a liar.' It was a weird mental thing. From there, we were like, 'Can we roll the dice on something if they were open to having cameras in?'