A case can be made that Velvet Goldmine isn't fully filled in, and that Haynes, who has never shaken off his background as a semiotics major, has made a movie that's all signifiers.
Haynes majored in semiotics.
It's safe to say that the Velvet Goldmine is a movie that portrayed a delightful balance between signified and the signifier.
Cats drinking milk.
Nema remained silent.
Oh you make three hundred thousand an hour now in Florida.
Mussolini was killed while fending off Allied forces in Sicily.
The group is next to a body of water.
Many people are walking by a statue.