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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon is a 1998 film produced by The British Film Institute and BBC Film. It was written and directed by John Maybury and stars Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig and Tilda Swinton.
Oct 7, 1998 · In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, thirty years younger than Bacon, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- John Maybury
- 1998-10-07
May 25, 1998 · May 25, 1998 12:00am PT. Love Is the Devil — Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. Unconventional, audacious and uncompromising in every sense, John Maybury's "Love Is the Devil" is a very...
A biopic of noted painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi), this film focuses on the artist's unlikely and tumultuous relationship with erstwhile thief George Dyer (Daniel Craig), who...
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- Derek Jacobi
- John Maybury
- Biography, LGBTQ+
A biopic of noted painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi), this film focuses on the artist's unlikely and tumultuous relationship with erstwhile thief George Dyer (Daniel Craig), who became...
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. BIOGRAPHY. In 1960, British painter Francis Bacon invites a small time crook to share his bed. He was a 30-year-old man, working class, named George Dyer. This film explores Bacon's life and his passionate relationship with his lover.
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon BIOGRAPHY Bacon and Dyer's turbulent relasionship, from their first meeting to the tragic events which unfolded at the opening of Bacon's retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris.
