Short description
Was Diane Arbus a brilliant innovator whose photographs captured the beauty in the most desperate of subjects? Or was she an exploiter of 'freaks,' shilling pictures of the deformed as a modern-day sideshow? Regardless of where one stands on her work, few can argue its impact on the art world. In FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS, director Steven Shainberg makes a bold first attempt at bringing the artist to the big screen.
Long description
Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr., deliver remarkable (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times) performances in this imaginary portrait of famed photographer Diane Arbus. From the window of her New York apartment, lonely housewife Diane Arbus (Kidman) locks eyes with a masked figure on the street - a mysterious new neighbor (Downey Jr.). Drawn to the man who intrugues her and determined to take his photograph, Diane ventures to his apartment and embarks on a journey that will unlock her deepest secrets and awaken her remarkable artistic genius, launching DIane on her path to becoming the artist she is meant to be.