We saw the Theranos movie
IN RETROSPECT, "DO NOT" MAY HAVE BEEN THE BETTER OPTION. (HBO)
Theranos, which you may recall from its nightmarish fall from grace, attracted some attention on its way from a $9 billion valuation to federal fraud charges. HBO took notice, and this month it will air a documentary that charts the travails of Elizabeth Holmes and her plucky pinprick startup.
Is it any good? We watched the movie and can report: Yes, so long as you know what you’re in for. Called “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” the documentary tidily sketches out the whole Theranos saga, leaning on first-hand sources and weaving a taut story of entrepreneurial deceit.
But the star of the movie — and of the entire Theranos scandal — is Holmes, and yet she remains a cypher throughout. A parade of associates, experts, and sources relay Holmesian anecdotes, but they can only guess at the big mystery: Is Theranos’s founder a sullied visionary who truly believed in a doomed product, or is she a canny grifter who conned everyone in her orbit?
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Is it any good? We watched the movie and can report: Yes, so long as you know what you’re in for. Called “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” the documentary tidily sketches out the whole Theranos saga, leaning on first-hand sources and weaving a taut story of entrepreneurial deceit.
But the star of the movie — and of the entire Theranos scandal — is Holmes, and yet she remains a cypher throughout. A parade of associates, experts, and sources relay Holmesian anecdotes, but they can only guess at the big mystery: Is Theranos’s founder a sullied visionary who truly believed in a doomed product, or is she a canny grifter who conned everyone in her orbit?
Read more.
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