Love Is The Devil

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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"...Arresting drama, fearlessly brought to life by [Jacobi and Craig]....Maybury gets the whole screen to look like Bacon cavases -- mangled and mesmerizing at once..." -- Lisa Schwarzbaum , (Entertainment Weekly)

"...Eye-grabbing..." -- Harlan Kennedy , (Film Comment)

"...One of the nastiest and most truthful portraits of the artist-as-monster ever filmed....[LOVE IS THE DEVIL] goes as far and as deep as any movie has dared..." -- Stephen Holden , (New York Times)

"...John Maybury has set out to make a film which looks like a Francis Bacon painting brought to life, and he has succeeded..." -- Cathy Thompson-Georges , (Box Office)

4 stars out of 5 -- "John Maybury's deft, intelligent debut is brutal and engrossing..." -- Jane Crowther , (Total Film)

"[The film] succeeds brilliantly in evoking Bacon's claustrophobic world." -- Geoffrey Macnab , (Sight and Sound)

4 stars out of 5 -- "This underrated, unconventional biopic of the great painter doesn't skimp on the grit....Maybury plunges us into Bacon's gilded gutter life." -- Jamie Russell , (Total Film)

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