The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle gave his opinion of the film shortly after its release: he was impressed by the accuracy of Jacobi's performance, if not by the insertion of YBAs into the pub scenes …
The painter Francis Bacon, who turned down both the Order of Merit and the Companion of Honour, is crouched over the bed in nothing but his underpants. He waits. His lover, a Kray gang hanger-on called George Dyer, stands over him, a cigarette in his mouth, a belt twisted in his fist.
This is a scene from John Maybury's Love Is the Devil, subtitled "Study for a portrait of Francis Bacon" starring Derek Jacobi as the painter, and Daniel Craig as Dyer, Bacon's lover, tormentor, victim and model. In the film, Dyer, a hapless East End burglar, introduces himself by crashing through the skylight of Bacon's tiny South Kensington studio, while attempting a burglary.
The painter Francis Bacon, who turned down both the Order of Merit and the Companion of Honour, is crouched over the bed in nothing but his underpants. He waits. His lover, a Kray gang hanger-on called George Dyer, stands over him, a cigarette in his mouth, a belt twisted in his fist.
This is a scene from John Maybury's Love Is the Devil, subtitled "Study for a portrait of Francis Bacon" starring Derek Jacobi as the painter, and Daniel Craig as Dyer, Bacon's lover, tormentor, victim and model. In the film, Dyer, a hapless East End burglar, introduces himself by crashing through the skylight of Bacon's tiny South Kensington studio, while attempting a burglary.
- 11/9/2012
- by Adrian Searle
- The Guardian - Film News
NEW YORK -- Chris Blackwell's Palm Pictures, and in-house label Arthouse Films, have acquired worldwide distribution rights to Charles Atlas' documentary The Legend of Leigh Bowery. The film follows the life of fashion designer and '80s gay club icon Bowery, who played host at legendary London boite Taboo. Palm is planning a Nov. 21 release in New York for the film, which explores Bowery's outrageous and rebellious lifestyle as an artists' muse, Taboo habitue and costume designer for the Michael Clark Dance Company, juxtaposed with his strict religious upbringing. The helmer Atlas currently can be seen in Taboo, Rosie O'Donnell's Broadway production about Bowery and Boy George. The docu Legend includes interviews with Boy George, Damien Hirst, Michael Clark, Rifat Ozbek, Bella Freud, Cerith Wyn Evans and the Royal Academy of Art Norman Rosenthal. The deal was brokered for Palm by its head of acquisitions and production David Koh, and Arthouse's general manager Jose Martinez, Jr. The film was acquired from Atlas Films and One Canvas Prods.
- 10/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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