The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Alex Gibney, 2019
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou, 2018
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is a documentary directed by Alex Gibney in 2019 and based on the book Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou, first published in 2018. The documentary features Elizabeth Holmes.
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Storyline
The rise and fall of Theranos, interspersed with footage of Holmes and her COO Sunny Balwani making grandiose proclamations about Theranos and the value it was providing. Notably, Gibney chronicles how Holmes and Balwani were seemingly more interested in marketing, promotion, naming, and managing the media than in the actual mechanics of their technology working.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
119
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Director: Alex Gibney
Country: USA
Year: 2019
Length: 1h59m
Stars: Elizabeth Holmes
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Year
2018
Pages
339
Book Rate
8.78
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Book
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Author: John Carreyrou
Country: USA
First published in: 2018
Length: 339 pages
Genre: Biography
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