Voyeur (2017)

Voyeur: Directed by Myles Kane, Josh Koury. With Gay Talese, Gerald Foos, Nan Talese, Susan Morrison. Journalism icon Gay Talese reports on Gerald Foos, the owner of a Colorado motel, who allegedly secretly watched his guests with the aid of specially designed ceiling vents, peering down from an “observation platform” he built in the motel’s attic.

“I have to admit, the movie was quite entertaining. But after I was done watching it I realized that this wasnu0026#39;t really a documentary at all. The genre classification for this movie is more of a decoy since the majority of the movie focuses on hearsay and Taleseu0026#39;s career. So to claim that this is a documentary is a little bit far fetched.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt the end of the day there isnu0026#39;t much meat to this story. Itu0026#39;s about a guy who used to perv on his customers/guests. Thatu0026#39;s it. The entire story was divulged in the first 15 minutes. From there the u0026quot;documentaryu0026quot; took a sharp turn. Focusing mostly on Foosu0026#39; private life and Taleseu0026#39;s past achievements. In my humble opinion the sole intent of this movie is to normalize the kinks of Foos and Talese. Theyu0026#39;re both questionable characters. And throughout the movie they tried to justify the u0026quot;immoralu0026quot; choices that theyu0026#39;ve made by assuming the role of apologists. Foos wants us to believe that heu0026#39;s a pioneer of some sort. Meanwhile Taleseu0026#39;s exploiting the documentary to tell us more about his all so illustrious career. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe way I see it both are narcissists who found each other because theyu0026#39;re wired the same way. For reference: Taleseu0026#39;s home is decorated with a deluge of life-sized photos of himself. I think that says it all. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFoosu0026#39; motivation for the documentary was to spread the word about his upcoming book. For him it was nothing more than a PR stunt. This is the only noteworthy thing he has ever achieved in his life (which is probably the realization that he himself made at some point, hence the resilience). And the reason why Talese was so interested in this documentary/story was because heu0026#39;s been invested in it for almost 40 years now. He saw this as a the perfect opportunity to end his career with a big bang/story. As we later find out both got more than they bargained for. Some might say itu0026#39;s kismet.”