Directed by:
Steven ShainbergScreenplay:
Erin Cressida WilsonCinematography:
Bill PopeComposer:
Carter BurwellCast:
Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Boris McGiver, Marceline Hugot, Emily Bergl, Joseph McKenna (more)VOD (1)
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From the window of her immaculate New York apartment, lonely housewife Diane Arbus (Kidman) locks eyes with a masked figure on the street, a mysterious new neighbor (Downey, Jr.) whose penetrating gaze strips the veneer off her tidy reality. Mysteriously drawn to the man that intrigues her and determined to take his photograph, Diane ventures to his apartment and embarks on a journey that will unlock her deepest secrets, awaken her remarkable artistic genius, and launches Diane on her path to becoming the artist she is meant to be. (official distributor synopsis)
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Diane Arbus was an American photographer. Photographs of abnormalities such as identical twins, human giants, and people with various disorders are most often mentioned in connection with her work. This is a film loosely inspired by her life. At first glance, it deals with a short period of time, three months in the late 1950s, but it really says everything about her soul that one might want to find in stacks of books and probably never would. The stiff high society is not right for a housewife, and when Nicole plays her, her suffering from the entrenched petty bourgeoisie after World War II is even more internal. She thus finds redemption during visits to her neighbor. Lionel Sweeney suffers from Ambras syndrome, but that doesn't stop him from living life to the fullest. To feel all its delights and secrets... Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is a perfect film, it works from the very beginning and doesn't leave you hesitating over the experience.
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