Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim Explore the Limits of Documentary in You Can See Everything

Nathan Fielder initially planned to stay behind the camera while filming Elizabeth Holmes for You Can See Everything. That approach changed as he and co-director Lance Oppenheim considered how to question the account unfolding in front of them.

According to Columbia Pictures’ supplied release, the documentary follows the filmmakers as Holmes invites them into her home during the final days before her imprisonment.

For Fielder, whose work includes The Rehearsal and Nathan for You, the project raised a practical concern: how to document Holmes and her partner Billy Evans without simply giving them an uninterrupted platform.

His questions and interjections gradually became part of the footage. As camera operators began turning toward him, his presence shifted from something outside the frame to an element of the documentary itself.

Filming under a deadline

The production took place during a period with a fixed endpoint: Holmes was preparing to leave her family and go to prison.

Fielder says in the release that he repeatedly offered to stop filming if Holmes wanted to spend the remaining time privately with her family. According to his account, Holmes and Evans wanted the project to continue.

Once Fielder appeared on camera, his uncertainty also became visible. He describes trying to understand the encounters as they happened, including whether he was being manipulated.

One example involved his discomfort maintaining eye contact with Holmes. Rather than turning away, he began considering what might happen if he remained in the moment.

When the camera becomes part of the story

For both directors, the project involved examining how filming can influence the behavior it is meant to capture.

Fielder describes acknowledging that influence as part of an honest approach to nonfiction. Oppenheim, meanwhile, says their aim was to let viewers observe the filmmakers’ experiences and reach their own conclusions.

That tension gives the documentary a second subject beyond Holmes: the difficulty of separating observation, performance, and interpretation when a camera is present.

You Can See Everything is announced to arrive in Philippine cinemas on November 18, according to the supplied release.

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