Francis bacon documentary full biography
Francis bacon documentary full biography summary.
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
1998 film directed by John Maybury
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.
Francis bacon documentary full biography
A fictional biography of painter Francis Bacon (Jacobi), it concentrates on his strained relationship with George Dyer (Craig), a small-time thief. The film draws heavily on the authorised biography of Bacon, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon by Daniel Farson, and is dedicated to him.
It won three awards at the Edinburgh International Film Festival: Best New British Feature (director John Maybury) and two Best British Performance awards, one for Jacobi and the other for future James Bond actor Craig. The film was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Craig's performance was well received by critics,