'You Can See Everything's' full-frontal shower scene was Billy Evans' idea, co-director says

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Set us as preferred You can quite literally see everything in the new meta-documentary about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes.The film, co-directed by Lance Oppenheim and comedian Nathan Fielder, who also appears on-screen, reinvents the genre — or perhaps returns it to its roots.

Initial filming took place in the 34 days before Holmes began her federal prison sentence for defrauding investors, during which time Fielder lived with Holmes and her partner Billy Evans in their rented Del Mar beach house.The crew had much more access than filmmakers typically do — the title refers to a text Holmes sent Fielder about his freedom to film.

In a recent interview with GQ, Oppenheim (who also directed the “To Catch a Predator” drama “Primetime”) speculated about why Evans agreed to be completely nude, in the shower, on-camera.The scene is one of many standout moments that left audiences and Fielder himself both stunned and uncomfortable.

“I don’t know.I honestly don’t know,” Oppenheim said when asked why Evans did the scene.

“It’s beyond me, but I’ve heard interesting theories that people have when they see it.I mean, in terms of the way the moment was captured, it’s sort of how you see it.

There’s a camera in the bathroom, there’s a camera that was on Nathan, there’s a camera outside the bathroom, and there’s an interaction that we see after Billy leaves where he sort of looks at the camera and smiles.” Entertainment & Arts Nathan Fielder, who’s behind the Elizabeth Holmes doc ‘You Can See Everything,’ is well-known to comedy fans for his docuseries ‘The Rehearsal’ and ‘Nathan for You.’ Here’s a primer on the origin and rise of Fielder.“So I don’t know what that means, but I feel like there’s enough stuff in there that gives me the impression that maybe he...