Movies: Francis Bacon

  • 2019
    Memory: The Origins of Alien

    Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

    Memory: The Origins of Alien

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    The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott's Alien - rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O'Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process ...

    Memory: The Origins of Alien
  • 2012
    For No Good Reason

    For No Good Reason (2012)

    For No Good Reason

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    For No Good Reason a film about Ralph Steadman. Johnny Depp guides the visually stunning journey, smashing narrative conventions, moving seamlessly from interview to animation and in the finest Gonzo tradition questions of witness and authenticity ar...

    For No Good Reason
  • 1984
    Burroughs: The Movie

    Burroughs: The Movie (1984)

    Burroughs: The Movie

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    An exploration of Burroughs’ life story, as told by Burroughs himself along with many of his contemporaries, including Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Francis Bacon, Herbert Huncke, Patti Smith, Terry Southern, and William Burroughs Jr....

    Burroughs: The Movie
  • 1987
    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact (1987)

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

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    In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and triptychs link him to the distorted realism of Van Gogh and Picasso, who also portrayed the intensity o...

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
  • 2017
    Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

    Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)

    Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

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    In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon....

    Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
  • 2009
    Francis Bacon in His Own Words

    Francis Bacon in His Own Words (2009)

    Francis Bacon in His Own Words

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    A collection of BBC archive material about painter Francis Bacon, including a previously unseen interview recorded in 1965....

    Francis Bacon in His Own Words
  • 1966
    Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait

    Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait (1966)

    Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait

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    Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait explores the recurring themes in Bacon’s work, his influences and his life. The documentary is accompanied by a haunting score specially composed by Edwin Astley for the production....

    Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait
  • 2006
    Bacon's Arena

    Bacon's Arena (2006)

    Bacon's Arena

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    A profile of British painter, Francis Bacon....

    Bacon's Arena
  • 1988
    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon (1988)

    Francis Bacon

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    Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner. Deformed bodies, grimacing faces and the materiality of colour make us aware of brutality and sexual...

    Francis Bacon
  • 1969
    Heads

    Heads (1969)

    Heads

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    Includes 'portraits' of Marianne Faithfull, Thelonious Monk and 28 others, some known, some less so....

    Heads
  • 2022
    Francis Bacon: The Outsider

    Francis Bacon: The Outsider (2022)

    Francis Bacon: The Outsider

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    Adam Clayton retraces a trip artist Francis Bacon took to Ireland in 1929, painting a fresh picture of Bacon's relationship with the land of his birth....

    Francis Bacon: The Outsider