Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Director:
Steven Shainberg
Tagline:
« A wife playing a role. A mother caring for her family. A woman discovering her true self. And a mysterious stranger, who unlocks a hidden world. »
Actors:
Diane Arbus
Lionel Sweeney
Allan Arbus
David Nemerov
Gertrude Nemerov
Rating:
(16’764 votes)
(16’764 votes)
Quotes:
« Lionel Sweeney: [holding an inflatable raft] I blew this up for you.
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« Diane Arbus: Why did you want me to shave you? Hmm? Why?
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« Lionel Sweeney: So I could swim out further.
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« Diane Arbus: Swim out?
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« Lionel Sweeney: Yes.
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« Diane Arbus: What are you saying?
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« Lionel Sweeney: [he struggles for words] That I want you with me.
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« Diane Arbus: What?
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« Lionel Sweeney: Diane.
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« Diane Arbus: What are you talking about? You want me to watch you die?
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« Lionel Sweeney: I want you with me, that's all.
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« Diane Arbus: But is this what you did? Made me fall in love with you to watch you…
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« Lionel Sweeney: I don't see it that way at all. I love you.
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« Diane Arbus: [to Lionel] I saw you through my window and right away I wanted to take a portrait of you.
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« Lionel Sweeney: You saw me the night I moved in, remember?
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« Diane Arbus: Yes.
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« Lionel Sweeney: I definitely saw you. You trying to seduce me, Diane?
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« Diane Arbus: No, no.
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« Lionel Sweeney: No?
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« Diane Arbus: God, no.
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« Lionel Sweeney: Is that why you came up here in the middle of the night?
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« Diane Arbus: I, um… Well, I would like to, uh, I'd like to take a portrait of you and your… your wife.
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« Lionel Sweeney: I don't have a wife.
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« Diane Arbus: Well then, I would like to take a portrait of you, just you.
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Runtime:122 minutes
Plots:
Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus falls in love with Lionel Sweeney, an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.
In 1958, in New York City, the upper class Diane Arbus is a frustrated and lonely woman with a conventional marriage with two daughters. Her husband is a photographer sponsored by the wealthy parents of Diane, and she works as his assistant. When Lionel Sweeney, a mysterious man with hypertrichosis (a.k.a. werewolf syndrome, a disease that causes excessive body hair), comes to live in the apartment in the upper floor, Diane feels a great attraction for him and is introduced to the world of freaks and marginalized people, falling in love with Lionel.
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