The Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything” is deceiving(readtheprofile.com)
406 points by MaysonL 7 days ago | 574 comments
tl;dr: The new Elizabeth Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything," directed by Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder, isn't just about Theranos—it's a meta-exercise in manipulating the viewer's perception of Holmes through camera angles, editing, and narrative framing. The author argues the film demonstrates how easily opinions are shaped by how a story is told, with Fielder himself (who lived with Holmes for a month pre-prison) functioning as an unreliable narrator. The takeaway: we form emotional impressions first and seek facts to justify them, making us far more susceptible to narrative manipulation than we'd like to admit.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑The film is a mind-bending meta-exercise that successfully demonstrates how viewers are deceived
  • ↓The film underemphasizes Holmes's documented crimes, making its sympathetic framing misleading
  • ↓The movie is well-made but underwhelming, not the hypnotic revelation the article claims
  • ↓The article is vague clickbait that provides no concrete evidence for its claims
  • •Contextualizing Fielder's style and comparing to similar pseudo-documentary works like F for Fake