i sprained my ankle pretty bad, so now i'm in a cast stuck in my bed and i can't move, and i feel extremely claustrophobic in my room and i just might go jump off a cliff. if only i can move.
the good thing about this situation is that i get to watch lots of films (even though my eyes might go blind). yayyy!!
then afterwards, i saw Fur: an Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, a film i'd wanted to see for a long time.
the film's a fictional biography of the famous photographer Diane Arbus (nicole kidman), and how she fell in love with a furry man (literally) named Lionel (robert downey jr. (he was completely different in iron man)) who inspired her to be the great photographer that she came to be. prior to meeting lionel, diane was a shy mother who was always walking in her successful husband's shadow. although she had her own dreams, diane worked as her husband's assistant in their home studio. after meeting lionel, she became more and more carefree and adventurous and lionel opened up a whole new world for her.
the conversations between diane and lionel were quite intriguing and sometimes humorous in the way they were delivered. the chemistry between the characters was great, and at times it made me feel like i was intruding on their privacy. their every action showed their hesitant love and longing for each other.
nicole kidman's portrayal of Diane is exquisite and brilliant. her every subtle blinking and shifting of the eyes (which the camera often zoomed in on) showed her character's true emotions, and i could actually feel what diane was feeling - love, fright, joy, pain, confusion.
robert downey jr. did a fantastic job playing lionel, an outsider who suffers from multiple physical and emotional sicknesses. those three words that he uttered to diane near the end of the film were so rare and heartfelt that i got a glimpse of what true love really looks like.
this film is hard to describe, it's like weird and unique and lovely and artsy and suspenseful and bittersweet and breathtaking all at the same time. it moved me very much, and i cried like a loser at a scene near the end where normal people wouldn't cry over (when diane was breathing lionel's breath). my mom thought i was retarded. i guess i just get emotional over the little things.
fur is such a beautiful touching and unforgettable story, i think it's now one of my favorite films.
