2019 Directed by Alex Gibney
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
Elizabeth Holmes Alex Gibney Dan Ariely Roger Parloff Ken Auletta Erika Cheung Cheryl Gafner Dave Philippides Douglas Matje Ryan Wistort Tony Nugent Phyllis Gardner Channing Robertson Don Lucas Tim Draper Tyler Shultz Rochelle Gibbons Matt Hernan Patrick O'Neill Errol Morris Stephanie Seitz Serena Stewart John Carreyrou David Boies III Ramesh Balwani Pattie Sellers Charlie Rose Thomas A. Edison George Shultz Show All…
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And with that, I think I am officially Elizabeth Holmes’d out until someone makes a fiction version where it turns out she’s running this scam to get people’s blood because she’s secretly a vampire.
Obviously, this movie is called Theranosferatu.
THIS IS NOT THE DOCUMENTARY ELIZABETH HOLMES DESERVES
as a dedicated holmie, you know, a turtleneck-clad, eyes wide open, world class scammer, i expected the best. when i read the book, it was the first time my mouth dropped in a literary experience since gone girl's "i'm so much happier now than i'm dead." so going into this, i wanted the DRAMA. i wanted the insanity. i wanted the history, the story, the stalking, the litigation, the deep voiced blonde bomb bitchery.
instead i got the same damn photo with 1000 graphics and a narrative worse than elizabeth's hair stylist. i got no resolution and truly no set up. i got the same damn clip of elizabeth walking in and…
Lighting $20000
Cameras $15000
Catering $800
CGI renders explaining the inner workings of Edison machines $3,600,000
P&A $15000
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my movie is dying
The fake deep voice............the fried hair..........the turtlenecks........how Jennifer Lawrence is going to absolutely body this role...............much to think about............
Hey look it's another glorified magazine article from Alex Gibney. Almost worth it for the part that's just a heavy diss track on Errol Morris.
As I'm waiting for the next episode of The Dropout, I thought I would check out this documentary. Elizabeth Holmes, a biotechnology entrepreneur accelerated herself to the top to be one of the youngest self-made billionaires with an invention to revolutionize blood testing but was convicted of criminal fraud. There were some neat editing choices, drone shots and visual graphics of the machine made it easy to understand the performance and maintenance problems. I wished there were more interviews with people that knew her from before or family members to get to know Holmes’ psyche. Instead, it kept pushing the narrative of “fake it until you make it” the Silicon Valley way repetitively with clips celebrating her, not giving us any new insight on Holmes. They didn't do a deep dived into the darker side of her life or business. Or that voice! With a runtime of two hours, this didn't keep my attention all the way through.
As a proud member of the turtleneck wearing community, this is bad press for our people
