Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (also known simply as
Fur) is a
2006 film starring
Nicole Kidman as
iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images.
For the film, director
Steven Shainberg, best known for his kinky
indie Secretary, reunited with its screenwriter,
Erin Cressida Wilson, who used
Patricia Bosworth's book
Diane Arbus: A Biography as a source. As its name implies, the film is a
fictional account rather than an accurate
biography. The cinematic Arbus is torn between a bizarre relationship with a neighbor suffering from
hypertrichosis, Lionel Sweeney (
Robert Downey, Jr.), and a conventional life with her husband Allan (
Ty Burrell), a photographer. A clogged drain leads her into a netherworld populated by transvestites, dwarves and others living on the fringes of society.
Cast
