It seems Billy Evans has no hard feelings toward “You Can See Everything” directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, even though their A24 documentary about Elizabeth Holmes paints him as a villain.
“I wish it wasn’t the case, but it’s entertainment,” Evans told CBS. “I couldn’t control the editing.”
In a promotional clip for an upcoming “Sunday Morning” interview, correspondent Matt Gutman asked Evans, “Are you OK with being the subject of entertainment at your expense that really makes you look like a conniving, manipulative villain?”
Evans admitted that the film makes him “crazy”, but said: “My goal was for people to see Elizabeth. And when I watch this film, I see the person that I love and exactly who she is.”
In “You Can See Everything,” Evans clashes with Fielder as the comedian tries to determine whether his romantic partner, the convicted fraudster behind the blood testing company Theranos, is honest. But even though he plays an antagonistic role in the film, Evans previously said in a social network “AMA” that he did not regret accepting the documentary at all and that he had seen “almost all” of Fielder’s previous work before inviting him to his and Holmes’ house in San Diego.
When asked to choose one misconception about the film to dispel, Evans wrote on my head.”
“You Can See Everything” is a three-hour experimental documentary that captured the zeitgeist and the box office when it premiered in October. The film reached $80 million after just four weekends, becoming the second-biggest documentary ever made in North America. The film is still being released internationally as awards season gets underway.
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