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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
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R,2hrs 2min
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November 10, 2006
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Picturehouse
Synopsis: Nicole Kidman assumes the identity of visionary photographer Diane Arbus in a film that draws inspiration from author Patricia Bosworth's best-selling biography to tell the tale of a once-shy woman who becomes one of her generation's most strikingly original visual artists. Diane Arbus was a typical wife and mother whose morbid interests stood in stark contrast with her decidedly conventional existence in 1950s-era New York. Upon making the acquaintance of her eccentric, newly arrived neighbor, Lionel ... Full Synopsis
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Purists will howl at the liberties Shainberg has taken with the facts, but there's a bravery to Fur, an uncompromising commitment to its narrow focus -- of one woman's creative birth -- that rhymes with Arbus's own artistic courage. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Diane Arbus
Lionel, Lionel Sweeney
Allan Arbus
Gertrde Nemerov
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