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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
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John Maybury (written by)
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Release Date:
7 October 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Study for a portrait of Francis Bacon.
Plot:
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook. full summary | add synopsis
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7 wins
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2 nominations
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compelling character portrait
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Derek Jacobi | ... | Francis Bacon | |
| Daniel Craig | ... | George Dyer | |
| Tilda Swinton | ... | Muriel Belcher | |
| Anne Lambton | ... | Isabel Rawsthorne | |
| Adrian Scarborough | ... | Daniel Farson | |
| Karl Johnson | ... | John Deakin | |
| Annabel Brooks | ... | Henrietta Moraes | |
| Richard Newbould | ... | Blond Billy (as Richard Newbold) | |
| Ariel de Ravenel | ... | French Official | |
| Tallulah | ... | Ian Board | |
| Andy Linden | ... | Ken Bidwell | |
| David Kennedy | ... | Joe Furneval | |
| Gary Hume | ... | Volker Dix | |
| Damian Dibben | ... | Brighton Rent Boy | |
| Antony Cotton | ... | Brighton Rent Boy |
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Love Is the Devil (France) (UK) (short title)
Ai no akuma (Japan)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (USA)
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Ai no akuma (Japan)
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (USA)
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90 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R18 |
Singapore:M18 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Norway:15 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18
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Several of the extras, including Daniel Farson and Sandy Fawkes, were real-life acquaintances of Francis Bacon.
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Quotes:
Francis Bacon:
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.
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Referenced in Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) (V)
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John Maybury's film presents artist Francis Bacon as an uncaring, disturbed, unhinged, genius who used people and life to feed his bizarre artistic talent. Even the way the film is shot (distorted images, odd angles, flashes of colour) shouts 'artist'. Against this backdrop the story of Bacon's life is secondary.
Derek Jacobi plays Bacon, in a radical departure from the work he is best known for - in fact, this film was completed while he was regularly on television as brother Cadfael. He is excellent in a deeply unsympathetic role. Daniel Craig, as his lover, nemesis, and muse, is also very good. Tilda Swinton is the best of a supporting cast of oddball characters.
This film is ultimately frustrating, difficult, and perhaps a pointless exercise as far as giving us any lasting impression of Bacon's character. But, like his well-known paintings, it is snatches of images you will remember.