Fur (film)
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| Directed by | Steven Shainberg |
| Produced by | Laura Bickford Patricia Bosworth Andrew Fierberg William Pohlad Bonnie Timmermann |
| Written by |
Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay) Patricia Bosworth (book) |
| Starring |
Nicole Kidman Robert Downey, Jr. Ty Burrell Harris Yulin Jane Alexander |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Bill Pope |
| Edited by |
Kristina Boden Keiko Deguchi |
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River Road Entertainment
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| Distributed by | Picturehouse |
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Running time
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122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (also known simply as Fur) is a 2006 film starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images. As the title implies the film is fictional for the most part. No pictures by Arbus herself are featured in it either, because the Diane Arbus estate refused to give approval.
The cinematic Arbus (Nicole Kidman) is torn between a bizarre relationship with a neighbor who has hypertrichosis, Lionel Sweeney (Robert Downey Jr.), and a conventional life with her husband Allan Arbus (Ty Burrell). An incident with a clogged drain leads her to a relationship with Lionel and entry into a netherworld populated by transvestites, dwarves and others living on the fringes of society. Gradually she is attracted more and more to Lionel and this new, strange and exciting world. When Lionel explains that he suffers from a problem with his lungs and will die soon he asks Diane to shave his entire body clean. They have sex soon afterwards. At the beach, where Lionel always wanted to go for once in his life, both go out for a swim, but Lionel decides to commit suicide by staying under. Diane, touched by her experience with Lionel, now knows what direction to take with her life and career. The final scene shows her at a nudist camp, where she meets a woman who assumes she wants to take her picture. Arbus admits this, but says she wants to get to know this woman better first. The woman replies that she wants to get to know Diane better too, so Diane decides to tell her story, whereupon the movie ends.
For the film, director Steven Shainberg, best known for his kinky, subtle indie film Secretary, reunited with its screenwriter, Erin Cressida Wilson, who used Patricia Bosworth's book Diane Arbus: A Biography as a source. As its name implies, the film is a fictional account rather than an accurate biography.
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