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Release Date • USA: Oct 7, 1998 DVD Release Date • R1: Apr 18, 2000
MPAA Rating NR
Running Time 1 hour, 30 minutes
Country UK, France, Japan
Studio Arts Council of England, BBC, British Film Institute, Partners In Crime, Premiere Heure, Uplink
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Other Titles • Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) • Ai no akuma (1999) • Love Is the Devil (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Biography, Gay/Lesbian, Drugs
Tagline: Study for a portrait of Francis Bacon.
Plot: An intriguing biographical look at British painter Francis Bacon focusing on his turbulent and tragic relationship with lover George Dyer, a former boxer and small time thief. I, CLAUDIUS veteran Jacobi gives a fiery performance as the mischievous and emotionally chilly artist who is awakened one night in his ill-kempt studio by Dyer, who has come to rob him. Bacon offers him the chance to take whatever he wants if he stays the night. Dyer stays on as Bacon's lover, beginning a turbulent affair during the course of which both parties' insecurities and destructive natures are revealed. Directed by famed British video artist John Maybury.
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John Maybury
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John Maybury
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