Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon is a
1998 film made for television by the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It was written and directed by
John Maybury and stars
Derek Jacobi,
Daniel Craig, and
Tilda Swinton.
A biography of Anglo-Irish painter
Francis Bacon (Jacobi), it concentrates on his strained relationship with George Dyer (Craig), a small time thief. The film draws heavily on the authorised biography of Bacon,
The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon by
Daniel Farson, and is dedicated to him.
The film won three awards at the
Edinburgh International Film Festival: Best New British Feature (director
John Maybury) and two Best British Performance awards, one for Jacobi and the other for future
James Bond actor Craig. The film was also screened in the
Un Certain Regard section at the
1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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