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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998, John Maybury

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In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, thirty years younger than Bacon, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking, pill popping, and his Satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?

If you like Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon, you might also like British Television Films, 1998 Lgbt-Related Films, 1990s British Films, and Films Scored By Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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