What did Nathan Fielder film over 3 years? Inside the secret Elizabeth Holmes documentary

Nathan Fielder’s new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can See Everything, was unveiled at a secret screening during the Telluride Film Festival, after being filmed largely in secret over three years.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the nearly three-hour documentary was the festival’s mystery Sunday screening.

Hundreds of attendees were required to lock their phones in pouches before entering the theatre, while security guards with night-vision goggles monitored the audience.

Festival director Julie Huntsinger had previously described the film as involving “very known names”. Before the screening, she told The Times, “Do not miss it. Your jaw will be on the ground for the entire length of the film.”

Huntsinger later introduced Fielder and documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, who co-directed the film. “What happens in Telluride stays in Telluride,” she told the audience.

You Can See Everything begins 34 days before Holmes was due to report to federal prison.

The filmmakers were given access to her life with partner Billy Evans and their young children as Holmes sought to present what she called “radical transparency”.

The documentary gradually moves beyond conventional filmmaking, incorporating reenactments and elements that blur reality and performance.

Fielder also becomes part of the story as he questions whether Holmes and Evans are being candid or manipulating the filmmakers.

During a post-screening Q&A moderated by Emma Stone, Fielder said, “I really am struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced in this.” He added, “I don’t quite know what I went through.”

A24 is scheduled to release You Can See Everything theatrically in October.