Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 122m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr, Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander
Synopsis:
Diane is the eclipsed assistant to her husband, until he suggests she take a sabbatical and 'take a few pictures'. Instead, her fascination for the freakish leads her upstairs in her apartment block to a man who is all hair, from head to toe.
Review:
Followers of the director will immediately spot parallels between this and his earlier film, Secretary: the unlikely meeting of ideally matched oddities, the tormented heroine, the scene of untrammelled erotic fascination, the iconic casting. This doesn't work quite as well, though it does catch alight when Downey Jr is on screen. Kidman is never less than entrancing to watch, but dramatically it is less of a unified whole, flashback structure notwithstanding.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 122m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr, Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander
Synopsis:
Diane is the eclipsed assistant to her husband, until he suggests she take a sabbatical and 'take a few pictures'. Instead, her fascination for the freakish leads her upstairs in her apartment block to a man who is all hair, from head to toe.
Review:
Followers of the director will immediately spot parallels between this and his earlier film, Secretary: the unlikely meeting of ideally matched oddities, the tormented heroine, the scene of untrammelled erotic fascination, the iconic casting. This doesn't work quite as well, though it does catch alight when Downey Jr is on screen. Kidman is never less than entrancing to watch, but dramatically it is less of a unified whole, flashback structure notwithstanding.
Country: US
Technical: Technicolor 122m
Director: Steven Shainberg
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr, Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander
Synopsis:
Diane is the eclipsed assistant to her husband, until he suggests she take a sabbatical and 'take a few pictures'. Instead, her fascination for the freakish leads her upstairs in her apartment block to a man who is all hair, from head to toe.
Review:
Followers of the director will immediately spot parallels between this and his earlier film, Secretary: the unlikely meeting of ideally matched oddities, the tormented heroine, the scene of untrammelled erotic fascination, the iconic casting. This doesn't work quite as well, though it does catch alight when Downey Jr is on screen. Kidman is never less than entrancing to watch, but dramatically it is less of a unified whole, flashback structure notwithstanding.