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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (15) + Extended Introduction by actors Daniel Craig & Derek Jacobi and director John Maybury

Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig give brilliant performances as artist Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer in John Maybury’s haunting 1998 biopic.

The complex, often sado-masochistic relationship between Francis Bacon and George Dyer, a petty thief who breaks into his studio and becomes a lover and muse, is powerfully depicted in John Maybury’s intense, dark film. 

Maybury captures the seedy atmosphere of 1960s Soho, including the notorious Colony Room Club, an artists’ hangout presided over by the formidable Muriel Belcher (Tilda Swinton). The film itself evokes Bacon’s style through lighting and colour palette, and remains a potent study in power, sex and class. Jacobi gives one of his finest performances as the domineering artist while Craig beautifully depicts the troubled Dyer’s vulnerability. 

UK 1998 dir John Maybury 87 min

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