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Fur: Movie Review of the film about Diane Arbus
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. A Film from Steven Shainberg and Erin Cressida Wilson. The fictional biopic of iconic photographer Diane Arbus, Fur, starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr., could've been a tragic freak show. Thankfully under the guiding hands of director Steven Shainberg and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson (returning from their collaboration on Secretary) it transcends dull biographical cinema into a highly imaginative portrait. Arbus, the artist, is acclaimed the world over, as the opening statement of the film proclaims, she changed the face of 20th century photography. Even people who don't know her name have probably seen her photographs or witnessed her influence somewhere in art. The visual brilliance of the film resonates into the collaborative efforts of Shainberg and Wilson, as art director Nick Ralbovsky also worked on Secretary, as did production designer Amy Danger. The surroundings of the film unravel from the plush Easter egg colors of 1950s décor into the grungy pleasantries later seen in Arbus' work. This production design follows thematically the unmasking of realities within Arbus' character and her neighborly love affair with Lionel. It seems art, especially cinema is destine to forever implant the Alice in Wonderland motif whenever a character traverses their inner sanctum of realty. Fur lays the motif on thick, from Kidman's girlish blue dress, peaking through little doorways of the subconscious, to white rabbits and tea parties. The character of Lionel also takes on fairy tale proportions with his strange condition of excessive hair growth. He embodies the gateway to Arbus' artistic journey, and fittingly owns a pet white rabbit, but his furry presence also characterizes a beast to Arbus' beauty. He eases Arbus into her career long love affair of, affectionately dubbed, freaks of which she once said, "Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats."
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Review of Fur by Jason Cangialosi
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