The Telluride Film Festival recently wrapped, and the buzziest thing to emerge from it was totally out of left field: Nathan Fielder's You Can See Everything, a documentary about disgraced and imprisoned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
The documentary was quickly scooped up by A24, which will put it in theaters this October. It's already gotten Oscar buzz, and the trailer—which has the internet in a frenzy—racked up over 5 million views in the three days.
By trailer standards, it's rather unorthodox. The clip runs less than a minute and a half, showing just one single scene. It is, however, an unnerving, intense exchange between Fielder and Holmes. The focus rests on the former startup founder, whose big blue eyes seemingly bore into Fielder, who looks terrified and speechless. In the background, her baby gurgles as she rocks the swing with her foot; it feels eerie when contrasted with the intimate proximity in which she sits next to Fielder. Holmes' eyes are almost lifeless, glassy; meanwhile, Fielder looks like he's trying to choke something down. Most of the trailer passes in silence as the duo exchange glances, with low, ominous music playing in the background.
The documentary was shown in a stealth screening at the festival, where attendees were required to lock up their phones for the nearly three-hour-long showing. No one even knew what would be shown until the film started rolling. The reactions and revelations were shocking, including for the directors.
“I really am struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced,” Vanity Fair reported Fielder saying at the screening. “And one of the things I’m genuinely excited about is for this movie to come out and for people to help me understand what I experienced. Truly, to this day, I don’t quite know what I went through.”
