Love Is The Devil
Synopsis
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 project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
BFI Production 29 Rathbone Street London W1P 1AG Tel: 020 7636 5587 Fax: 020 7580 9456 E Mail: production@bfi.org.uk
Sales Company
BFI Films 21 Stephen Street London W1P 1PL Tel: 020 7255 1444 Fax: 020 7580 5830 E Mail: sales@bfi.org.uk
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