Fur, An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, opens Nov. 10. You can see a trailer on the website. I have to say that I have really mixed feelings--based on the trailer, Arbus comes across as a desperate housewife (and looks like one, too, thanks to the casting of Kidman in the lead). I wonder if the film shows her taking private lessons from Lisette Model as well as being led into a creative life by a fictitious creepy neighbor played by Robert Downey, Jr.? Or gives a true portrait of her unique family, or a sense of her distinct personality and mind, of her true and undeniable genius? The documentary video that came out years ago does give us this glimpse and a real sense of the time and place that helped form her sensibility. And Doon's hair in the documentary is amazing!
But like everything to do with her, we'll have to watch.
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