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Writer:
John Maybury (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
7 October 1998 (USA) more
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
Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
The General Wins At British Film Awards
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 8 February 1999)
User Comments:
Ruthless, peculiar, heart-drenching, fascinating. more (34 total)
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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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. more
Quotes:
Francis Bacon: Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends. more
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Referenced in Jubilee: A Time Less Golden (2003) (V) more
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Love is the Devil is amazingly rich in character and visuals. Just like Bacon's paintings, it is abstract, provocative, dark, and cruel, yet intensely mesmorizing. Maybury couldn't have picked a better actor than Derek Jacobi to portray the very disturbed Bacon. Jacobi is so good, I wondered whether this was just acting or the real thing. One of my favorite scene was Bacon grooming himself, using ammonia cleanser to brush his teeth and curling his eyelashes with his saliva. Neither could I ever forget the countless enigmatic facial expressions Jacobi delivers. One of the best films I've seen in years.