Product: Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Rating: 4.0
A Unique Experience of a Film
A very poignantly told tale of this fascinating woman called Diane Arbus. The movie starts off with Dian Arbus 'trapped' in her very ordinary middle-class life with her husband and two kids. Her inner artist is just dying to break free and is finally able to do that by the meeting of a strange neighbour, Lionel. By her friendship with Lionel, Diane is introduced to an entirely different world and she is able to discover her true self and become the artist she was meant to be - or so as the story is told in the film.What fascinated me was how this whole story is told in the movie. The intricate details of the camera work made the characters' every move, every look, every thought so purposeful and so intense. A very rare form of story-telling in the movie. There were many symbolic moments which, again, were so beautifully put on screen.Nicole Kidman proves herself, yet again, in this movie. She is the masterpiece that she creates in her craft. I really think she is in her own league in her acting. She has allowed the audience to feel everything that Diane was feeling through her. Robert Downey Jr is another magnificent actor. He has a unique quality to him that no other actor has and this movie just proves him to be one of the greats. He spends most of this movie covered in 'fur' but his erotic charm exudes out of his eyes - what a performance!I knocked one of the stars off because this movie definitely is not a conventional film that I would recommend to any movie-goer. I recommend it to people who are looking for an unconventional movie experience.