Francis Bacon

Synopsis

Made to accompany the Francis Bacon retrospective shown at the Tate Gallery in 1985. The soundtrack is presented primarily by Bacon’s own commentary on the paintings. Bacon talks about his use of photographs as sources, the beauty of the meat laid out in Harrod’s food hall, the inspiration of poetry and classical literature. Focuses on the 36 panels that make up 12 of the major works.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

Year of production

1985

Availability

out of distribution

Uses

Students of British contemporary art.*

Keywords

Bacon, Francis (1909-1992); paintings; paintings - British

Credits

Director

Ian Morrison

Producer

Robert Young

Writer

Richard Francis

Cast

John Hurt

Production Company

Name

Visual Heritage

Sponsor

Name

Tate Gallery

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD

Notes

World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.