Diane Arbus Pa (Updated)

The inspiration for the new major motion pictureFurstarring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. "Haunted, disturbing....Bosworth has brought us tantalizingly close to her subject." So said Christopher Lehman-Haupt in theNew York Timesabout this biography of the photographer. Diane Arbus exerts a fascination rooted in both her art and her life. Her startling photographic images of dwarves, twins, transvestites, and freaks seemed from the first to redefine both the normal and the abnormal in our lives. Now Steven Shainberg, the highly praised director of Secretary, has directed a film that draws on Arbus's life, work, and obsessions. Nicole Kidman stars as Arbus and Robert Downey Jr. plays her lover. Premiering at Cannes in May 2006, it will draw lavish attention and discussion when it opens in the fall.