Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
The movie opens with Diane Arbus arriving to shoot pictures at a nudist colony. The story then flashes back to three months earlier in New York City, 1958. Diane Arbus plays assistant to her photographer husband Allan. Diane is from a wealthy family; her father is a furrier. Allan’s family has run a photo studio for decades. Diane is clearly uncomfortable with the tepid life of a city wife and mother (to their two girls). One night during a party, she is gazing out the window and catches the eye of the mysterious neighbor who has just moved in upstairs. His face is completely covered except for the eyes and mouth. That evening after the party, Diane stands on their patio, opens her dress and exposes her bra. She admits this to her husband.
A few days later, her daughter informs her of a problem with the plumbing. Opening up a pipe, Diane discovers clumps of hair blocking it. As she removes the hair, a key tumbles down. She takes the hair and key out to the trash, and then buzzes her upstairs neighbor to ask if he’s been grooming a dog. He says no, and then suggests she look in the basement, which she does. She sees an ornate chair and a sideshow poster of a “wild man,” which an armless woman then dusts off. Diane assumes she’s the wife of the neighbor. When she can’t sleep, Diane grabs the camera (that her husband had gifted her years before, and she’d as of yet never used), and goes upstairs to introduce herself to her neighbor, and ask if she could shoot his portrait.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Nicole KidmanDiane Arbus  Robert Downey Jr.Lionel Sweeney  Ty BurrellAllan Arbus  Harris YulinDavid Nemerov  Jane AlexanderGertrude Nemerov |
The movie opens with Diane Arbus arriving to shoot pictures at a nudist colony. The story then flashes back to three months earlier in New York City, 1958. Diane Arbus plays assistant to her photographer husband Allan. Diane is from a wealthy family; her father is a furrier. Allan’s family has run a photo studio for decades. Diane is clearly uncomfortable with the tepid life of a city wife and mother (to their two girls). One night during a party, she is gazing out the window and catches the eye of the mysterious neighbor who has just moved in upstairs. His face is completely covered except for the eyes and mouth. That evening after the party, Diane stands on their patio, opens her dress and exposes her bra. She admits this to her husband.
A few days later, her daughter informs her of a problem with the plumbing. Opening up a pipe, Diane discovers clumps of hair blocking it. As she removes the hair, a key tumbles down. She takes the hair and key out to the trash, and then buzzes her upstairs neighbor to ask if he’s been grooming a dog. He says no, and then suggests she look in the basement, which she does. She sees an ornate chair and a sideshow poster of a “wild man,” which an armless woman then dusts off. Diane assumes she’s the wife of the neighbor. When she can’t sleep, Diane grabs the camera (that her husband had gifted her years before, and she’d as of yet never used), and goes upstairs to introduce herself to her neighbor, and ask if she could shoot his portrait.
