Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon: Directed by John Maybury. With Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton. Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.

“Love is the Devil is amazingly rich in character and visuals. Just like Baconu0026#39;s paintings, it is abstract, provocative, dark, and cruel, yet intensely mesmorizing. Maybury couldnu0026#39;t have picked a better actor than Derek Jacobi to portray the very disturbed Bacon. Jacobi is so good, I wondered whether this was just acting or the real thing. One of my favorite scene was Bacon grooming himself, using ammonia cleanser to brush his teeth and curling his eyelashes with his saliva. Neither could I ever forget the countless enigmatic facial expressions Jacobi delivers. One of the best films Iu0026#39;ve seen in years.”