Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

Synopsis

Filmed entirely in the small studio in Chelsea where Francis Bacon lived from 1961, the artist speaks candidly and informally with David Sylvester about his life and work.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 58 min. Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 58 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1985

Availability

Hire

Uses

Art students.*

Keywords

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

Credits

Director

Michael Blackwood

Producer

Alan Yentob

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Name

Michael Blackwood Productions, Inc.

Email

blackwoodfilm@aol.com

Web

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

Phone

(212) 242 1805

Fax

(212) 242 1671

Address

6 West 18th Street
Suite 2B
New York, NY
10011
USA

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.