Love Is The Devil
Synopsis
It is 1971 and Francis Bacon is in Paris on the occasion of the triumphant retrospective at the Grand Palais that is to confirm his status as one of the twentieth century's most important artists. At the same time that he is being acclaimed by officials and the press, George Dyer, his model and lover of seven years is in a nearby hotel room swallowing the last of the lethal cocktail of drugs and alcohol that will prove to be his final act in this world. As Dyer disappears into blackness he falls back in time to the moment in 1964 when, in attempting to burgle Bacon's studio, he first encountered the painter who was to absorb him into his life and work.
This tragic love story is set among the bohemian demi-monde of London's Soho where Francis Bacon was a charismatic figure at the centre of a coterie of characters who frequented the infamous Colony Rooms. These include Muriel Belcher, who ran the club, Isabel Rawsthorne, Henrietta Moraes, photographer John Deakin and writer Daniel Farson. Love Is The Devil traces the development of Francis Bacon and George Dyer's ill-fated relationship and, in a series of extraordinary visual sequences, constructs a portrait of an artist that dramatically reveals the needs and desires that motivated his art.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
- John Maybury
- Producer
- Ben Gibson, Frances-Ann Solomon
- Director of Photography
- John Mathieson
- Principal Cast
- Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig and Tilda Swinton
- Executive Production Executive
- Christopher Collins
- Screen Writer
- John Maybury
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 26th November 2005
