Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary, "You Can See Everything," premieres

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[0:00] I don't have anything to deceive you on.

[0:02] Of course, I'm not deceiving you.

[0:04] I'm engaging with you as a human being.

[0:09] Why would I deceive you?

[0:11] >> So, where are

[0:12] >> That's a clip from the new Elizabeth

[0:13] Holmes documentary called You Can See

[0:16] Everything. It's out today. Comedian and

[0:19] filmmaker Nathan Fielder co-directed the

[0:21] highly anticipated film. And it shows a

[0:24] close-up look at the life of the

[0:26] disgraced Theranos founder before she

[0:29] went to prison. In 2022, a jury

[0:31] convicted Holmes of conspiracy to

[0:33] defraud investors after her blood

[0:35] testing technology startup was proven to

[0:38] be a sham. Let's go live now to senior

[0:40] Hollywood correspondent at Vanity Fair,

[0:42] Rebecca Ford, who was one of the lucky

[0:45] ones who got to see the film before

[0:47] anyone else. Okay, Rebecca, the doc is

[0:49] officially out now. First off, what did

[0:53] you think? And what should audiences

[0:55] know before going into seeing it?

[0:58] >> I thought it was like any It's not like

[1:00] any documentary I've seen before. It's

[1:02] completely unique and jaw-dropping is

[1:05] probably the best term for it. I think

[1:08] it's important that you sort of are a

[1:09] little familiar with Nathan Fielder's

[1:11] work. Maybe watch an episode of The

[1:13] Rehearsal if you have time because it's

[1:15] not a traditional documentary in any

[1:18] sense and he's in it and he's got kind

[1:21] of a a little awkward bit he does in his

[1:23] projects. So, I would try to be a little

[1:25] familiar with that before going in.

[1:27] >> Yeah, for the folks who don't really

[1:28] know who Nathan Fielder is. And he does

[1:30] have several different documentary

[1:32] shows. He's also a stand-up comedian.

[1:34] What is his style? Just so people kind

[1:36] of know what to expect when going into

[1:38] this film.

[1:39] >> I would call it awkward. He

[1:42] has a style of of sort of appearing in

[1:45] the background of the documentary, sort

[1:47] of hovering and watching his subjects.

[1:50] And he's really interested in the truth

[1:53] and sort of the absurdity of of human

[1:55] behavior. So, he's exploring a lot of

[1:57] interesting things. It's kind of the

[1:59] perfect pairing in a way.

[2:01] >> Yeah, this documentary is getting so

[2:03] much attention and so much anticipation.

[2:06] Why do you think that is? Is it Is it

[2:08] the preview that was so compelling? Is

[2:11] it Nathan Fielder himself, the

[2:12] filmmaker, who as we said known for kind

[2:14] of this unique documentary style? Or is

[2:17] it a fascination with Elizabeth Holmes

[2:19] herself?

[2:21] >> I think it's because there is such a

[2:23] fascination with Holmes. I mean, there's

[2:25] been a documentary, there's been a Hulu

[2:27] TV show. So, you kind of think you know

[2:29] everything there is to know, but then

[2:31] this shows you a completely different

[2:34] side of her and her husband Billy,

[2:36] um, and and delivers on surprises and

[2:39] when you maybe thought it couldn't. So,

[2:41] I I think that's why everyone is really

[2:44] wants to see it as soon as possible.

[2:46] >> [laughter]

[2:46] >> So, so what new questions or ideas do

[2:49] you have surrounding Elizabeth Holmes,

[2:51] her case, that you may not have had

[2:54] before watching this documentary? Do you

[2:56] look at Holmes differently? Do you have

[2:58] more empathy for her or do you look at

[3:00] her differently now?

[3:02] >> I think you look at her relationship

[3:04] with her husband Billy differently. I

[3:06] didn't know much about him before

[3:07] watching this and there's a lot of

[3:09] questions about how much influence he

[3:11] has over her and her sort of,

[3:14] uh,

[3:15] the idea of her that's been put out into

[3:17] the world. I don't want to spoil

[3:18] anything too much, but I think what's

[3:20] interesting about this is it gives you

[3:21] more questions than answers, but does it

[3:24] in a way that's totally fascinating.

[3:26] >> Oh my goodness. And it's 3 hours long,

[3:28] we should tell everybody it's 3 hours.

[3:29] Does it go by fast, the 3 hours?

[3:31] >> It goes so fast. It's sort of in two

[3:33] parts. The first part's a more

[3:34] traditional documentary and then it

[3:36] switches into something a little bit

[3:37] crazier. So, it it goes by fast. It's

[3:40] worth seeing it in a theater.

[3:41] >> I know a lot of people want to go see

[3:42] that. Rebecca Ford, great to be with

[3:44] you. Thank you so much.

[3:46] >> Thank