‘You Can See Everything’ Director Explains Billy Evans Shower Scene

Few documentaries have become a cultural event as quickly as ‘You Can See Everything’. A24’s film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrived after a secretive marketing campaign and a surprise premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It has since turned into one of the most talked-about movies of the year.

The setup is simple but strange. Holmes and her partner Billy Evans invited co-directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim into their San Diego home 34 days before she began serving a prison sentence of more than 11 years for investor fraud. The crew of 7 filmed for up to 16 hours a day, and according to Oppenheim, they were allowed to film everything except privileged legal calls.

That level of access explains one of the film’s most discussed moments. Oppenheim has now addressed why the cameras were rolling when Evans appeared fully nude in a shower scene, a moment that earned the documentary its R rating for graphic nudity. The explanation, given in an interview with Vulture published on October 19, is less calculated than many viewers might expect.

Oppenheim said he had gone to the gym with Evans and asked what he planned to do next that day. Evans replied that he needed to shower, and before Oppenheim could suggest a more tasteful, minimally invasive approach, Evans undressed and stepped in. In Oppenheim’s telling, Evans seemed to have something he wanted to show the crew and the wider world.

A review of the film notes that the shot is brief, lasting only a few seconds. It arrives early enough to show how deeply the crew was woven into the couple’s daily life, and it fits the film’s title. The reviewer also writes that the documentary slowly becomes the story of its own making.

The scene is one of many moments in the film that blur the line between observer and subject. Fielder, who makes his feature directorial debut here, planned to stay behind the camera but ended up playing a central role on screen. He has said that the strange interactions he had with Holmes and Evans drove him to keep going, and that Evans tried to exert control over how the documentary portrayed them.

Neither Holmes nor Evans has seen the finished film, according to Oppenheim. The directors have also asked audiences to preserve the surprises and twists it takes, so most coverage, including this piece, avoids spoilers.

The public has responded in a big way. The nearly three-hour documentary opened on October 16 to $15 million from only 855 screens, finishing second behind ‘Street Fighter’. That’s the biggest opening for a non-music documentary since ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ in 2004, and A24 reported more than 2,000 sellout showings.

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The film reportedly cost under $7 million to make and less than $10 million to market. It currently holds a 99% score on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and A24 says 70% of ticket buyers were under 35. Critics have been equally enthusiastic, with Vulture’s Alison Willmore calling it the movie of the year in a review.

The shower scene may be the headline-grabbing moment, but it’s far from the only reason people are talking. The film’s blend of intimacy, awkwardness, and unanswered questions about Holmes and Evans keeps audiences debating what they just saw long after the credits roll.

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