This is the story of two generations of men, a father and son, who fall in love with the same woman. The father, a widower, can't seem to move on with any other woman until he meets a beautiful girl who calls herself "Venus". As she reawakens the erotic desires he thought were gone forever, his son is falling in love (and lust) with "Vickie". But, what starts as a casual erotic encounter with each developes into a deep but troubled love triangle when Venus and Vickie meet face to face.
The film is a documentary focusing on heavy metal in the late 80s and tackles topics like drug addiction, alcoholism, sex, masculinity, and of course, rock and roll. However, this didn’t feel like any documentary I’ve ever seen before.
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
If the message here is that without a support system, grieving people turn into monsters, it’s not really well-delivered and may be flawed as a message itself.
As a whole, Sightless pushed boundaries between illusion and reality. It made viewers question if there really is a difference. Ellen was strong, brave, and even compassionate given her situation. She was a force to be reckoned with.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
