Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 4,171 VOTES · DIR. John Maybury

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Overview

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, accepts. After the unique beginning to their love affair, the well-connected and volatile artist assimilates Dyer into his circle of eccentric friends, as Dyer's struggle with addiction strains their bond.

Dialogue Timeline — 837 lines

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00:01:56 Like a bomb exploding in reverse.
00:07:55 What's got your knickers in a twist, then?
00:12:37 For a painting.
00:14:20 and started singing I Get a Kick.
00:16:21 I mean, all that cutlery. You only need one knife and one fork.
00:18:38 I don't know how you work that one out.
00:21:26 God, it was so sad, those shabby little men with their sad little women.
00:26:08 No decisions are your own.
00:28:23 Like everyone living today, these people flickering up there on the screen
00:32:25 I bloody hope not.
00:36:56 to examine a person from the inside
00:39:23 Cut out all the talk and go straight - if you'll pardon the expression -
00:46:08 No...
00:49:24 Francis, you're a fucking bastard.
00:53:36 Typical.
00:56:29 Yes. Goodbye.
01:01:26 Would you like to handcuff me?
01:04:21 Yes, another beauty lost to the corporate wasteland.
01:06:56 The man had killed the thing he loved and so he had to Dyer.
01:09:27 Cheerio.
01:13:20 Oh, you call yesterday the past?
01:15:56 I think the beauty in it is terribly elusive
01:17:55 My work drains me at the best of times.
01:22:05 Monsieur Bacon est le premier peintre anglais depuis Turner

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed837
Dialogue density9.1 lines / min
First line00:01:56
Final line01:22:05

Production Record

DirectorJohn Maybury
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,171