Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
2007
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 neighbour (Downey, Jr.). Drawn to the man who intrigues her and determined to take his photograph, Diane ventures to his apartment and embarks on a journey that will unlock her .. Read more
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin |
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| Director | Steven Shainberg |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of 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 neighbour (Downey, Jr.). Drawn to the man who intrigues 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.
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander |
|---|---|
| Director | Steven Shainberg |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Jul 2007 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Biopic of eccentric American photographer Diane Arbus, known for her strange and disturbing... read more on Time Out
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29 out of 42 people found this review helpful
How to succeed without even trying
When I was at art college there were those who loved to create and those who would forever analyse and pontificate about art. I have a feeling the writer of this film's script belongs to the latter camp. To be fair, there is a clue in the title: this is an 'imaginary' tale of how Diane Arbus came to be a legendary photographer. Or to put it another way, this is a completely made-up, over-romanticised story about how to become an artist.
The one positive thing to say about the movie is that it is sumptuously art directed and there are aspects to it which are beautiful to watch But none of this cannot redeem what is essentially a trite portrayal of someone who was a very real artist and who I imagine had to work very hard indeed to get published and noticed.
To give you an example of what I mean (without giving too much away here) Nicole Kidman's character hardly has to do anything to achieve her greatness – apparently, everything was brought to her on a plate. Her key motivating subject is an upstairs neighbour. He in turn introduces her to everyone she needs to photograph. Meanwhile, it is down to someone else to find her unprocessed films, develop, edit and print a whole portfolio worth of pictures for her (in a single night!) She doesn't even have to buy a portfolio book to put the prints in. It's all done for her!
All in all, this movie is a slackers paradise where anyone who dreams of achieving fame and success can do so without having to do very much really, while mum, dad, friends and neighbours do all the grafting for you and you just have toremember to get out of bed to pick up the awards and go on book signing tours. If that's you, you'll love this film.
It didn't tell me any secrets. -
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29 out of 42 people found this review helpful
How to succeed without even trying
When I was at art college there were those who loved to create and those who would forever analyse and pontificate about art. I have a feeling the writer of this film's script belongs to the latter camp. To be fair, there is a clue in the title: this is an 'imaginary' tale of how Diane Arbus came to be a legendary photographer. Or to put it another way, this is a completely made-up, over-romanticised story about how to become an artist.
The one positive thing to say about the movie is that it is sumptuously art directed and there are aspects to it which are beautiful to watch But none of this cannot redeem what is essentially a trite portrayal of someone who was a very real artist and who I imagine had to work very hard indeed to get published and noticed.
To give you an example of what I mean (without giving too much away here) Nicole Kidman's character hardly has to do anything to achieve her greatness – apparently, everything was brought to her on a plate. Her key motivating subject is an upstairs neighbour. He in turn introduces her to everyone she needs to photograph. Meanwhile, it is down to someone else to find her unprocessed films, develop, edit and print a whole portfolio worth of pictures for her (in a single night!) She doesn't even have to buy a portfolio book to put the prints in. It's all done for her!
All in all, this movie is a slackers paradise where anyone who dreams of achieving fame and success can do so without having to do very much really, while mum, dad, friends and neighbours do all the grafting for you and you just have toremember to get out of bed to pick up the awards and go on book signing tours. If that's you, you'll love this film.
It didn't tell me any secrets. -
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Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of 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 neighbour (Downey, Jr.). Drawn to the man who intrigues her and determined to take his photograph, Diane ventures to his apartment and embarks on a ...
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