Product: Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Rating: 4.0
The triumph of the poetic visual!
First at all, this is a well deserved homage to Diane Arbus, one of the most remarkable artists of the magic lens, who although her brief existence, left an unforgettable trace in the collective memory.The remarkable tribute was made through a journey a la Cocteau: Once Diane (in her 35) decided to get into that apartment - or the mythic step - (Cocteau would employ a mirror in Orpheus) , she will experience the otherness of the reality, when she meets this sensitive human being (a sincere homage to The beauty and the beast) and she decides to assemble a parallel and complementary world, that divided the reality in two well sections, although both be incompatible. Her fervent desire to embrace the otherness of the real world including other features (another homage to that famous film of Ted browning. Freaks) make of this film a true surrealistic journey, an urban fable , an alluring melting of poetic imagination and delirious human warmth, that made me to congratulate this risky proposal not precisely in vogue in those days.It's worthy to mention not only the impressive level of Nicole Kidman (whose missing gaze made me to remind her performance in "The Hours") , but also the fine and sensitive performance of the best actor of his generation - Robert Downey Jr - as well as the fabulous visual stages.