Hoton abin sha'awa shine haraji - ba tarihin rayuwa ba? -? zuwa ga mai daukar hoto Diane Arbus. Arbus (1923 - 1971) na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha na ƙarni na ashirin. "Portrait of an Obsession" yabo ne ga ƙwararren mai fasaha wanda ya ƙalubalanci ra'ayoyin al'ada game da kyau da ƙazanta kuma har abada ta canza hoto ta hanyar fasaha da jigogi masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.
El fim mai ban mamaki ya samo asali ne daga labarin soyayya mai cike da cece-ku-ce tsakanin dan jarida da makwabcinta, wani magidanci mai girman kai wanda ya kai ta cikin rugujewar duniya kuma ya kai ta ga haduwa da kowane irin na waje.
Daga cikin mafi kyawun fim ɗin dole ne mu haskaka ma'auratan manyan jaruman, a Nicole Kidman cewa, ba tare da kasancewa mafi kyawun fim ɗinsa ba, ya cika daidai kuma ƙwararren Robert Downey a matsayinsa na maƙwabci kuma abokin tarayya mai ƙauna na mai daukar hoto.