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Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
- DIRECTOR
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- John Maybury
- WRITERS
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- John Maybury
- BBC Films
- STUDIOS
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- BBC Films
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- The Arts Council Of England
In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocence attractive, introducing him to his Soho pals. In their sex life, Dyer dominates, Bacon is the masochist. Dyer's bouts with depression, his drinking and pill popping, and his satanic nightmares strain the relationship, as does his pain with Bacon's casual infidelities. Bacon paints, talks with wit, and, as Dyer spins out of control, begins to find him tiresome. Could Bacon care less?
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