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2007
Budget 16,800,000 USD
Box Office Collection 2,312,717 USD
Director Steven Shainberg's uncle, Lawrence, was a close friend of Diane Arbus.
Robert Downey Jr. had a previous connection to the Arbus family. His father, filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., made Greaser's Palace (1972) starring Diane Arbus' ex-husband, Allan Arbus, with young Robert Jr. in a small part.
The film features no photographs by Diane Arbus. The Arbus estate denied approval to use her work in the film.
MGM optioned the biography, upon which this film is based ("Arbus"), in 1984 as a possible starring vehicle for Diane Keaton.
Director Steven Shainberg did not make another feature film until ten years after he completed this film.
"Lionel Sweeney: [holding an inflatable raft] I blew this up for you. Diane Arbus: Why did you want me to shave you? Hmm? Why? Lionel Sweeney: So I could swim out further. Diane Arbus: Swim out? Lionel Sweeney: Yes. Diane Arbus: What are you saying? Lionel Sweeney: [he struggles for words] That I want you with me. Diane Arbus: What? Lionel Sweeney: Diane. Diane Arbus: What are you talking about? You want me to watch you die? Lionel Sweeney: I want you with me, that's all. Diane Arbus: But is this what you did? Made me fall in love with you to watch you... Lionel Sweeney: I don't see it that way at all. I love you."
"Lionel Sweeney: You saw me the night I moved in, remember? Diane Arbus: Yes. Lionel Sweeney: I definitely saw you. You trying to seduce me, Diane? Diane Arbus: No, no. Lionel Sweeney: No? Diane Arbus: God, no. Lionel Sweeney: Is that why you came up here in the middle of the night? Diane Arbus: I, um... Well, I would like to, uh, I'd like to take a portrait of you and your... your wife. Lionel Sweeney: I don't have a wife. Diane Arbus: Well then, I would like to take a portrait of you, just you."
