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Love Is the Devil – Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Director: John Maybury
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Maybury's film about Francis Bacon (Jacobi) focuses on the slow but inexorable downward spiral of his seven-year relationship with his lover, model and muse George Dyer (Craig), a smalltime villain whom the painter first met burgling his house. It's the tale of a charged but uncomfortable encounter, not only between two very different personalities, but between two different (but both very English) worlds: the arty, boozy Soho set and, ironically rather less amoral and more sympathetic, the East End criminal fraternity. At its heart is a raw, painful, even cruel love affair based on dominance, submission, snobbery and sadism, which is brought vividly to life by images often (but never excessively) reminiscent of Bacon's paintings. The performances are terrific, with Jacobi particularly astonishing as Bacon.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: John Maybury
Producer: Chiara Menage
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Annabel Brooks full cast
Duration: 91 mins
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