The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
2019, Documentary, 1h 59m
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Alex Gibey's The Inventor declines to outright condemn the actions by Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, but instead provides a comprehensive overview of the scandal that allows viewers to mull over its implications towards the broader Silicon Valley. Read critic reviews
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The Inventor is one of those documentaries that -- unlike The Edison -- really gets under your skin.
April 30, 2019 | Full Review… -
It is also a stunning emblem of our delusional, self-aggrandizing, fake-it-till-you-make-it times, a cautionary tale of the tech era and the insidious culture it has created of would-be legends and short-lived genius.
April 13, 2019 | Full Review… -
The Inventor was a devastating warning of where these unchecked messianic tendencies lead and the lives they can destroy along the way.
April 13, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
[Gibney] shows how Holmes and her supporters pushed the limits of Silicon Valley's culture of risk-taking and overpromising until they created a house of cards that collapsed under close scrutiny.
April 12, 2019 | Full Review… -
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley was a perfect contained tale of the now.
March 29, 2019 | Full Review… -
Most interesting were the interviews with the brave whistleblowers who had initially "drunk the Kool-Aid", but eventually walked away.
March 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
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