On 2009-07-27 Bob Fake Name, Divided States wrote: 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. . And summed up by saying Francis Bacon. Currently Portrait of an Artist - Francis Bacon [VHS] has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Homevision claimed Widely regarded as the greatest British painter of this century, with his work fetching more on the open market than almost any other living artist´s, Francis Bacon started painting seriously in the ´40s, when his pictures of screaming Popes shocked the art world. Since then he has turned to painting distorted bodies that sit alone in empty rooms. This program follows Bacon from his studio to his favorite club in Soho, revealing how his way of life affects his vision of the world.
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