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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
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+
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains ...
- John Maybury
- 92 min
- 19
May 25, 1998 · Popular on Variety. Opening with Bacon’s crowning success, a 1971 retrospective at the Grand Palais in Paris, the film backtracks seven years to recount his meeting in London with Dyer (Daniel...
The essence of painter Francis Bacon is not a personal life lived on the sordid side but how he was forced to take in life. Seen through his central nervous system and eyes, we experience his world of fragments, like collage pieces of existence.
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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.
