
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
"There's no beauty without the wound"
1998
3
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.
1998
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.
- director
- John Maybury
- cast
- Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
- genres
- runtime
- 1 hr 32 mins
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