Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is a 2006 film starring Nicole Kidman as iconic American photographer Diane Arbus, who was known for her strange, disturbing images. The cinematic Arbus is torn between a bizarre relationship with a neighbor suffering from hypertrichosis, Lionel Sweeney , and a conventional life with her husband Allan , a photographer. An incident with a clogged drain leads her to a relationship with Lionel and entry into a netherworld populated by transvestites, dwarves and others living on the fringes of society. 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 film holds a 50 score on Metacritic. The Chicago Tribune gave the film 3 out of 4 stars; "The result is a revelatory, challenging and deeply affecting portrait, anchored by what may be Kidman's most profoundly moving performance.
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| Release date: | November 10, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Steven Shainberg |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 122 Minutes |
| Producer: | Laura Bickford, Andrew Fierberg, William Pohlad, Bonnie Timmermann |
| Editor: | Kristina Boden, Keiko Deguchi |
| Music by: | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography: | Bill Pope |
| Screenplay by: | Erin Cressida Wilson |
| Genre: | Biography |