This 3-hour Elizabeth Holmes doc broke our brains

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Shaan Puri and Sam Parr discuss Nathan Fielder's documentary "You Can See Everything," about Elizabeth Holmes in the 34 days before her prison sentence. The film is a masterclass in filmmaking that explores whether Holmes is a sympathetic victim of circumstances, a calculated fraudster, or someone caught in her own distorted reality. Rather than litigating the facts of Theranos (which have already been established in court), Fielder's three-hour intimate portrait uses extreme close-ups, clever editing, and meta-theatrical reenactments to let viewers experience what it's like to be deceived by Holmes—leaving audiences more confused than when they started. The documentary has become a cultural phenomenon, earning top ratings across multiple platforms and emerging as a frontrunner for Best Picture despite being a documentary. It's simultaneously a character study, a meditation on persuasion and manipulation, and a dissection of how multiple parties (Holmes, her partner Billy, the media, the actress who played her) are complicit in different ways.