Love Is The Devil - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1998) Starring Derek Jacobi; Daniel Craig & Tilda Swinton; Directed by John Maybury; Strand Home Video : OLDIES.com

Love Is The Devil

Starring: Derek Jacobi; Daniel Craig & Tilda Swinton Director: John Maybury

A Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon

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Item Number:
STDV 9834D

DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada Encoding

Entertainment Reviews:

Entertainment Weekly - 10/02/1998

"...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..."

Film Comment - 07/01/1998

"...Eye-grabbing..."

New York Times - 10/07/1998

"...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..."

Box Office - 11/01/1998

"...John Maybury has set out to make a film which looks like a Francis Bacon painting brought to life, and he has succeeded..."

Total Film - 06/01/2006

4 stars out of 5 -- "John Maybury's deft, intelligent debut is brutal and engrossing..."

Sight and Sound - 06/01/2006

"[The film] succeeds brilliantly in evoking Bacon's claustrophobic world."

Product Description:

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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Cast and Crew:

Starring		Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig & Tilda Swinton
Directed by		John Maybury
Produced by		Chiara Menage
Composition by		Ryuichi Sakamoto
Director of Photography		John Mathieson
Performer		Anne Lambton & Karl Johnson

DVD Details:

Label: Strand Home Video
Originally Released in: 1998
Number of Discs: 1
Rated: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
Video: Color
Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
Release Date: April 4, 2000
OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 63,729
Item UPC: 712267983421
Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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Love Is The Devil Starring: Derek Jacobi; Daniel Craig & Tilda Swinton Director: John Maybury A Study For A Portrait Of Francis Bacon