Product: Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Rating: 2.0
This is a very strange movie, but watching Nicole Kidman is always a pleasure.
It is apparent why Diane wants to escape from her life. Her husband is nice enough, but her parents would drive anyone over the edge. They are continually degrading her, and seem to wish that their son-in-law were their son, providing them with a more acceptable daughter.The theme of the movie is the eponymous fur. This is her parent's business, her husband's business, and she wears fur even when it is not appropriate. So who does she find . . someone who is covered in hair, or fur, although his problem is genetic, not choice. Through Lionel, she finds a world of strangeness, perhaps in contrast to the closeness and familiarity of fur (or hair).Diane Arbus had a sad life, which, as is well known, ended in suicide. Her sadness can be seen in her photographs, which were not presented in the movie. But even when she smiles in the movie, a dark patina covers her face.As unattractive as she tries to appears, Nicole Kidman cannot hid the fact of her beauty . . which is in contrast to the part she is playing.This is a very strange movie, but watching Nicole Kidman is always a pleasure.