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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

2019 · 119 min

A gripping, unsettling look at how charisma and hype can mask dangerous lies, leaving you both fascinated and uneasy.

Tagline: Visionary. Billionaire. Fraud?
Overview: 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.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
deception
ambition
power
technology
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Alex Gibney
Written by: Alex Gibney
Starring: Elizabeth Holmes, Alex Gibney, Dan Ariely, Roger Parloff, Ken Auletta, Erika Cheung, Cheryl Gafner, Dave Philippides
Music: Will Bates
Cinematography: Lincoln Else, Antonio Rossi
Runtime: 119 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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