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Love Is the Devil Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (Original title)Ai No Akuma (Alternative title)Love Is the Devil (Help search title)
Dates: 1998 (Copyright), 18 September 1998 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Japan

Director: John Maybury

Synopsis: A biographical portrait of the life of British painter Francis Bacon, with particular focus on his relationship with petty criminal George Dyer who became his lover.Synopsis: A dramatised portrait of the British painter Francis Bacon, which focuses on his relationship with the East End petty criminal George Dyer, who became his lover and muse.

Genre:
Biopic

Subjects:
Francis Bacon (1909-1992), English painting
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 91 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 86 mins 57 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (146)
©: BBC, BFI, a British Film Institute production: British Film Institute, In association with: Partners in Crime, With the assistance of: STATE, Presents: BBC Films, The British Film Institute, [Presented] In association with: Arts Council of England, [Presented] In association with: Première Heure, Uplink, Supported by: National Lottery through the Arts Council of England, Executive Producer [BBC]: Frances-Anne Solomon, Executive Producer [BFI]: Ben Gibson, Executive Producer (Premiere Heure): Patrice Haddad, Executive Producer (Uplink): Takashi Asai, Producer: Chiara Menage, Co-producer: James Cohen, Co-producer: Don Jordan, Line Producer: Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Production Executive (BBC): Christopher Cameron, Production Executive (BFI): Christopher Collins, Production Manager (2nd Unit): Sally Collings, Production Manager (French Unit): Stéphane Haddad, Production Co-ordinator: Bella Randall, Production Accountant: Trevor Stanley, Location Manager: Bill Payn, Location Manager (French Unit): Laurent Rizzon, Location Assistant: Eddie Standish, Post-production Supervisor: Emma Salter, Production/Post-production Assistant: Sophia Panayiotopoulos, Floor Runner: Luke Forsythe, Additional Runner: Marco Jackson, Production Runner: Reuben Segal, Ken Rodrigues, 2nd Unit Runner: Anne Dale, Assistant Director (1st): Deborah Saban, Assistant Director (2nd): Olivia Lloyd, Assistant Director (3rd): Jojo Tulloh, Script Supervisor: Laura Goulding, Casting: Mary Selway, Casting: Emma Buckley, Casting (French Unit): Anne-Laure Combris, Script Editor: Miriam Segal, Written by: John Maybury, Co-writer: James Cohen, Don Jordan, Director of Photography: John Mathieson, Operator (2nd Unit): Tat Radcliffe, Cameron Barnett, Focus Puller: Keith McNamara, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Oona Menges, Clapper Loader: Thomas McFarling, Camera Trainee: Charlie Hayward, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Damien Daniels, Gaffer: Richard Barber, [Electrical] Best Boy: Adam Harris, Electrician: Athan Osborne, Electrician: Tony Allen, Rigger: Dave Broadfoot, Rigger: Mickey Seymour, Mickey Seymour, Genny Operator: Stuart Hurst, Grip: Rupert Lloyd-Parry, Video Technician: Ron Osman, Stills Photography: Jaap Buitendijk, [Stills Photography]: Jorge Leon, Visual Effects The: The Film Factory at VTR, FF@VTR (Visual Effects Supervisor): Simon Giles, FF@VTR (Effects Producer): Alan Church, [FF@VTR (Senior Compositor)]: Matthew Twyford, FF@VTR (Effects Compositor): Sally Clayton, FF@VTR (Effects Compositor): Dave Sewell, John Trussler, FF@VTR (Film Scanning): Zoë Cain, FF@VTR (Film Recording): Trevor Young, Title Background/Additional Effects: Rushes Post Production, Rushes (Effects Supervisor): James Lamb, Rushes (Inferno Operator): Claire Pollock, Rushes (Unit IO): Jim Davey, Wire Effects: Kevin Welch, Special Effects: Bob Smoke, Graphic Artist: Matthew Maxwell, Editor: Daniel Goddard, Assistant Editor: James Lingard, Assistant Editor: Emily Grant, Assistant Editor: Anna Turville, Gavin Buckley, Editor (On-line): Gavin Burridge, Production Designer: Alan Macdonald, Art Director: Christina Moore, Set Dresser: Philippa Hart, Scenic Artist: Thomasina Smith, Storyboard Artist: Temple Clark, Props Master: Alex Ward, Art Department Trainee: Catriona McKail, Costume Designer: Annie Symons, Costumier: Jemima Cotter, Wardrobe Supervisor: Miles Johnson, Additional Wardrobe: Dave Thorne, Additional Wardrobe: Joanna Freedman, Additional Wardrobe: Lizzy Wilson, Additional Wardrobe: Jill Parker, Additional Wardrobe: Maria Liliefors, Richar Gandhi, Hair/Make-up Designer: Jacquetta Levon, Make-up Artist: Alex King, Additional Make-up Artist: Sara Riesel, Hairdresser: Donald Mcinnes, Titles/Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Laboratory: Rank Film Laboratories, Music Composer/Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Music Editor: Daniel Goddard, Music Editor: Jeremy Price, [Music] Mixed by: Goh Hotoda, [Music] Engineered by: Fernando Aponte, [Music] Recorded @: KAB America Studios (New York), Sound Design: Paul Davies, Sound Recordist: Ken Lee, Sound Post-production/Recorded @: Videosonics, Sound Post-production: Richard Conway, Sound Maintenance: Mario Mooney, Dubbing Mixer: Tim Alban, Dubbing Assistant: Hugh Johnson, Dialogue Editor: Graeme Stoten, ADR Recordist: Peter Smith, Foley Artist: Felicity Cottrell, Foley Artist: Jack Stew, Foley Editor: Bernard O'Reilly, Stunt Co-ordinator: Rod Woodruff, Stunt Co-ordinator: Glen Marks, Special Consultant: Daniel Farson, For: Baillie Walsh, Special Thanks to: Victoria Bartlett, Special Thanks to: William Dunbar, Special Thanks to: Julia Fodor, Special Thanks to: Christopher Gibbs, Special Thanks to: Gordon John, Special Thanks to: Pat John, Special Thanks to: Stella McCartney, Special Thanks to: Stuart Richman, Jerry Stafford, Press Officer: Samantha Buchanan, Studio: Three Mills Island Studio, [Audio Commentator on 2008 DVD release]: John Maybury, Derek Jacobi
Cast (121)
Derek Jacobi (Francis Bacon), Daniel Craig (George Dyer), Anne Lambton (Isabel Rawsthorne), Karl Johnson (John Deakin), Annabel Brooks (Henrietta Moraes), Adrian Scarborough (Daniel Farson), Tilda Swinton (Muriel Belcher), Richard Newbold (Blonde Billy), Ariel de Ravenel (French official), Tallulah (Ian Board), Andy Linden (Ken Bidwell), David Kennedy (Joe Furneval), Gary Hume (Volker Dix), Damian Dibben, Antony Cotton (Brighton rent boy), Anthony Ryding (London rent boy), Christian Martin (bell-hop), Ray Olley (boxing referee), Wesley Morgan, Nigel Travis (boxer), Eddie Kerr (tailor), George Clarke, David Windle (wrestler), William Hoyland (police sergeant), Mark Umbers (PC Denham), Hamish Bowles (David Hockney), Jibby Beane, Gentuca Bini, James Birch, Tim Burke, Liz Clarke, Jemima Cotter, Fiona Dealey, John Dunbar, Victoria Fernandez, Natalie Gibson, Caroline Hardy, Charlie Hayward, Miles Johnson, Kate St. Johnston, Ulla Larson, Alistair Mathieson, Chiara Menage, James Mitchell, Gregor Muir, Lorcan O'Neill, Jon Spiteri, Francesco Vezzoli, Thalia Valeta, Marjorie Walker, Gillian Young (Parisian art world), Maria Bjornson, Judy Blame, John Byrne, Les Child, Jake Dodds, Daniel Farson, Sandy Fawkes, David Harrison, Malcolm Key, Phillipe Krutchey, Steven Linard, Alan Macdonald, Norman Rosenthal, Thomasina Smith, Yolanda Sonnabend, Annie Symons, David Symons, Sue Tilley, Virginia Wetherell, Winford, Michael Wojas (Colony Room Club), Roger Bowdler, Duggie Fields, Pam Hogg, Ben Martin, Amanda Menage, William Middleton, Christina Moore, Elspeth Thompson, Tu Tu (restaurant), Suzie Bick, Lucy Ferry, Simon Goldberg, David Harvey, Rifat Ozbek, Anita Pallenberg, Jimmy Trindy, Andy Walsh (casino), Gaby Agis, Melanie Arnold, Matt Cogger, Angus Fairhurst, Georgie Hopton, Marco Jackson, Sarah Lucas, Jean Mortimore, Lance Patterson, Johnnie Shand Kydd, Josephine Soughan (French pub), Dave Baby, Sam Chapman, Andrew Coltrane, Daniele Minns, Tracey Emin, Caron Geary, Sam Hawkins, Darren King, Donald Mcinnes, Martin Meister, Gillian Wearing, Johnathan Williams, Stevan Zivanovic, April, Sheena (Brighton pub), Piers Feltham, Ben Gibson, Sam Jilkes, Nick Mortimore, Alan Percy, Baillie Walsh
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (30)
In: Sight and Sound v18 n11 November 2008  Page: 86
Title: Reviews: DVDs: Love is the DevilAuthor: BROOKE, Michael Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v16 n6 June 2006  Page: 89
Title: Love Is the DevilAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English

In: National Film Theatre Programmes Sept/Oct 2003  Page: 43
Title: [National Film Theatre Programmes - Sept/Oct 2003: no known title]Language: English

In: Premiere n262 January 1999  Page: 37
Title: Love is the devilAuthor: BERNARD, Jean-Jacques Article type: ReviewLanguage: French

In: Positif n455 January 1999  Page: 33
Title: Love is the devilAuthor: J.-L.B. Article type: ReviewLanguage: French

In: Film Review vSpec nNo.26 Year Book 1998/9  Page: 85
Title: Love is the devilAuthor: CAMERON-WILSON, James Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Short review.

In: Film Tutti i Film della Stagione v5 n39 May/Jun 1999  Pages: 23-24
Title: [Film Tutti i Film della Stagione - v5 n39 May/Jun 1999: no known title]Author: MENZA, Maddalena Article type: CreditsLanguage: Italian

In: Skrien n231 March 1999  Pages: 16-17
Title: Heilig vlees: Love is the devilAuthor: PISTERS, Patricia Article type: ReviewLanguage: Dutch

In: Screen International n1159 22 May 1998  Page: 16
Title: ReviewsAuthor: SEGUIN, Denis Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Broadcast 01 May 1998  Page: 3
Title: Shorts: BBC on Cannes shortlistArticle type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: The BBC/BFI feature film co-production LOVE IS THE DEVIL - STUDY OF A PORTRAIT OF FRANCIS BACON selected for the non- competitive section of the 1998 Cannes film festival.

In: Realtime n28 Dec/Jan 1998/9  Page: 28
Title: ReviewsAuthor: GALLASCH, Keith Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film Review October 1998  Page: 25
Title: Love Is The DevilAuthor: CAMERON-WILSON, James Article type: ArticleLanguage: English

In: Broadcast 20 Nov 1998  Page: 15
Title: Auntie's film roleAuthor: FULLER, Chris Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Writer questions whether the BBC's policy of investing in feature films is a good use of licence fee money even if, to date, there have been several successes like MRS BROWN, LOVE IS THE DEVIL, HIDEOUS KINKY, Etc.

In: Filmmaker v7 n1 Autumn 1998  Pages: 60-62,65
Title: Forced perspectiveAuthor: KALIN, Tom Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: John Maybury discusses LOVE IS THE DEVIL.

In: Interview October 1998  Pages: 80-82
Title: Becoming BaconAuthor: FRYER, Jonathan Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Derek Jacobi talks about his role as Francis Bacon in LOVE IS THE DEVIL

In: Sight and Sound v8 n9 September 1998  Pages: 47-48
Title: ReviewsAuthor: O'PRAY, Michael Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Inside Film n10 Dec/Feb 1998/99  Page: 65
Title: Indy film reviewsAuthor: LOCKWOOD, Lorraine Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n36 5 Sep 1998  Page: 57
Title: Liebe, Snobismus und das Swinging LondonAuthor: KLEBER, Reinhard Article type: ArticleLanguage: German
Description: Interview with John Maybury.

In: American Cinematographer v79 n9 September 1998  Pages: 46-48,50-51,52,54-55
Title: Brush with the gutterAuthor: WILLIS, Holly Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Looks at LOVE IS THE DEVIL as a film about a visual artist.

In: Empire n112 October 1998  Page: 44
Title: New filmsAuthor: PARKINSON, David Article type: ReviewLanguage: English

In: Variety 25 May 1998  Pages: 58-59
Title: Film reviewsAuthor: ROONEY, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English

In: Film Dienst v51 n20 29 Sep 1998  Page: 26
Title: Love Is The DevilAuthor: LEDERLE, Josef Article type: ArticleLanguage: German

In: Film-Echo/Filmwoche n39 26 Sep 1998  Page: 39
Title: Love is the DevilAuthor: KLEBER, Reinhard Article type: ReviewLanguage: German

In: Télérama n2552 9 Dec 1998  Page: 34
Title: Love is the DevilAuthor: REMY, Vincent Article type: ArticleLanguage: French

In: Premiere v11 n13 September 1998  Page: 4 [in the UK edition]
Title: Love Is the DevilAuthor: MATHEOU, Demetrios Article type: ArticleLanguage: English

In: Televisual August 1997  Page: 7
Title: Love is...Screen on the TubeArticle type: Prod. ReportLanguage: English
Description: Post-production information on LOVE IS THE DEVIL.

In: Sight and Sound v7 n6 June 1997  Page: 74 [eyeline]
Title: Love is the Devil starts shootingArticle type: Prod. DetailsLanguage: English

In: Sight and Sound v7 n7 July 1997  Pages: 18-20
Title: Bohemian rhapsodyAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Report from the set of John Maybury's film LOVE IS THE DEVIL Mentions the difficulties faced by Maybury over funding, the casting of Derek Jacobi and Tilda Swinton, and the focus in the film on the relationship between Francis Bacon and Dyer

In: Screen International n1112 13 Jun 1997  Page: 10
Title: [Screen International - n1112 13 Jun 1997: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: on the state of production

In: Screen International n1051 29 Mar 1996  Page: 28
Title: European ProductionArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English


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