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Francis Bacon by David Hinton
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Francis Bacon, Melvyn Bragg Director: David Hinton DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 55 minutes DVD Release Date: 2001-03-06 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Francis BaconMovie Review: Francis Bacon Summary: 5 Stars
Brought to you by the BBC what you get is a 50 minute look at the enigmatic painter, good interviewing job by Melvyn Bragg, view some of Bacon's paintings, and go along with Bragg and Bacon to the messy studio and his favorite hangouts. They say he could be very dark, his moods shifting unpredictably, and that the closer you got the more inevitable the darkness. But Bacon could also be upbeat and a real pleasure and that side is present in the film. He candidly answers questions about various aspects of his work and life, offers views on other painters (loves Van Gogh, loathes abstract expressionism), but doesn't analyze his paintings. What's there is there. Nothing to be said of it. I myself can understand how his paintings of meat and twisted bodies and screaming popes could shock people in the 1940s because these images are still unsettling. Good art lasts. (Too bad this is only available for such an outrageous price as of July 26th!) 4.5 stars.
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