Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998
Directed by John Maybury
- Drama
- 92 min
There's no beauty without the wound
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 their bond.
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Grave, prestige, earnest and classical in form.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Derek JacobiFrancis Bacon
- Daniel CraigGeorge Dyer
- Tilda SwintonMuriel Belcher
- Anne LambtonIsabel Rawsthorne
- Adrian ScarboroughDaniel Farson
- Karl JohnsonJohn Deakin
- Annabel BrooksHenrietta Moreas
- Ulla Larson-StylesParisian Art World
- Anita PallenbergCasino
- Mark UmbersPC Denham
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- John MayburyDirector
- John MayburyScreenplay
- John MathiesonDirector of Photography
- Ryuichi SakamotoOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel GoddardEditor
- Chiara MenageProducer
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