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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Dian Arbus Review.

I suppose many forgot the title before bashing the film. "An Imaginary Portrait of Dian Arbus" meaning this is not based on events that occurred with Dian Arbus. On with the review!!

This film is very very dramatic. It's not for crowds who have a faint heart. It's emotional is every human aspect. Robert Downey Jr. What a better sentence to start with on my character analysis? Lionel Sweeney played by Robert Downey Jr dazzles, freakishly to some, and heartfelt to others, either way his presents as an actor with this character is felt deeply. His pain and sadness, confusion and awareness both similar for a dramatic role that many actors could not have done.

As the movie begins Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) realizes she is different then the society she is around. Her sexual response to nature is much more vivid then others. And she seems to like to express it. When meeting someone with hypertrichosis syndrome (Lionel) she explores the elements of sexual personality, and the body that holds it. You will notice this film ventures around "sexual aspects" quite a bit. And with that being said it is a sexual movie.

The two performances by Kidman and Downey Jr. really set me in place, it made me laugh, cry, and smile all at once. The ending is sad, but I won't spoil it, it's too good of a "visionary" film for that! This film deserves much more respect than it has gotten, yet still humanity has not overcome the fear of what they truly are to finally understand films like these...

We're all freaks, not just Lionel.

70%/100%

Nice double-plotline, comparing the freakish behaviour at the extremes of society with the 'normality' of profiting from and enjoying animal products.
Arbus is presented as talented and no more freak-fascinated than the fur-wearers. Brilliant corollary.

This film sticks with you, whether you like it or not. For such an introspective piece, it doesn't fail to structure an alluring storyline and develop it well. There are those moments where it is all too predictable, but even then it's a good film overall. Not a favorite of mine, that's true; still I give it a 100% fresh for being unforgettable and inspiring.

How could this cast, be so bad.

Fur is a wonderful introspective look into the world of Diane Airbus played by the always stunning Nicole Kidman. This is based on the real story of a 20th century photographer highly renown for her unique interpretation of the individuals in the world around us.

Set in New York city 1958 a lonely house wife assists her husband Allen Airbus a magazine photographer. Rebelling from her high class family and in need of some excitement she decides to take up an internal desire for abstract photography. She meets a man, Lionel Sweeney (Robert Downey Jr.) who soon takes her intrigue and ends up falling for him. He is a social outcast with a medical condition which leaves him with fully covered with hair and born to be the circus freak. This starts her on her journey in life to become who she has been known for today.

The directing done by Steven Shainberg was perfect in the sense it helped instill even enhance the mood at times. These vibrant yet simplistic shots were a perfect backdrop for the uniqueness of the story and individuals within it.

Although this may not be a perfect representation of the Biography of Diane it was respectable in my mind. In our closed off world some times it is nice to step into the minds of others and see everything from another view. We may all be different but we are all wonderful in our own way and I think it captures that nicely.

Passable. It is too formulaic to capture what it is to be strange, unique or Diane Arbus. This lacked subtlety and depth, I wanted to cringe whenever she had an impending inspiration moment where they played dramatic music and focused on something that resembled one of her photographs.

I saw this movie and thought how weird? It made me want to know more about Diane Arbus and I googled her but that was it. She is interesting but the movie was weird if anything else. There is a lot of sexual tension and weirdo tension and curiousity. Take a chance if you want to see it; I didn't think it was awful, just artsy.

I'm not sure that any actress could have made this a better movie but Nicole Kidman showed all of the emotions of a rock. Robert Downey Jr. should be ashamed of himself. He's capable of so much more.

How much can I say that I HATED this movie! Imaginary biography? In other words this has NOTHING to do with Diane Arbus. Whoever made this movie, had money and nothing to do.

Questions after this movie?

What Happened to her kids?
Nobody said anything about her kids?
What did her kids say?
What are we glorifying dysfunction so much these days?
So how is it that she found herself?

Uuugh! I saw this movie and was still empty. I thought I was a creative and imaginative person,but I just couldn't get beyond the nonsensical movie. I think if they had stuck to the actual biography where she kills herself it might've made this tale a little more interesting. Was it suppose to be a salacious tale or a tale of feminism? I missed both if it were.