Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

Regisseur:

Steven Shainberg

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Erin Cressida Wilson (written by)
Patricia Bosworth (book)

Premierendatum:

20. Oktober 2006 (Italy)

Genre:

Biographie | Drama

Plot:

Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus (Kidman) falls in with Lionel Sweeney (Downey Jr.), an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.

Plot Keywords:

Art | Suicide | Depression | Marriage | Midget

Filmpreise:

1 win

Nutzerkommentare:

Next time a true portrayal?

Besetzung

Nicole Kidman	...	Diane Arbus
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Lionel Sweeney
Ty Burrell	...	Allan Arbus
Harris Yulin	...	David Nemerov
Jane Alexander	...	Gertrude Nemerov
Emmy Clarke	...	Grace Arbus
Genevieve McCarthy	...	Sophie Arbus
Boris McGiver	...	Jack Henry
Marceline Hugot	...	Tippa Henry
Mary Duffy	...	Althea
Emily Bergl	...	Allan's New Assistant
Lynne Marie Stetson	...	Fiona (Naked Girl) (as Lynn Marie Stetson)
Gwendolyn Bucci	...	Dominatrix
Christina Rouner	...	Lois
Matt Servitto	...	Handsome Client

Alternativ:

Fur (USA) (working title)
Fell - Ein imaginäres Portrait von Diane Arbus (Deutschland) (DVD title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic nudity, some sexuality and language.

Länge:

122 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Japan:R-18 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | Chile:14 | Sweden:7 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:M18 | Ireland:15A | Argentina:16 | Greece:K-13 | Portugal:M/16 | Hong Kong:IIB | USA:R | Finland:K-13

Drehorte:

Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Firma:

Edward R. Pressman Film

Dies und das:

Director Steven Shainberg's uncle, Lawrence, was a close friend of Diane Arbus.

Pannen:

Anachronismus: When Allen is taking flash photographs, he takes more than one photo without replacing the flashbulb. Electronic flash wasn't used in 1958.

Dialogzitate:

Diane Arbus: Why don't you tell a secret?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Worst of 2006" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Street Lights of Manhattan

Next time a true portrayal?

I would be delighted if the Arbus estate, after having seen this film, commission a film called "The True Life of Diane Arbus" with an ending in the same vein as the film portrait of Sylvia Plath.

My feeling, and it is only that, Ms Arbus was never timid in her photography of people. Nor were the people on the fringe of society organised in the way the film suggests they were.

If you like lingering shots of Ms Kidman and enjoy bubblegum for the eyes then do go and see it. If, on the other hand, and that was my motive for going to see the film, you wish to learn more about a talented photographer of worth, then your cinema ticket price might be better spent on a book about Diane Arbus.