Learning on ScreenFrancis 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
- 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.
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