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Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)

Wei Yu · 4.8M views · 2017-02-04 · 1:19:04

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Overview

A BBC documentary on Francis Bacon, the loud, hard-drinking British painter, drawing on people who knew him. It explores the haunted man behind the Roaring Boy persona.

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HN commenters recommend it as a well-made, interesting and sad documentary on Bacon's troubled life.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2021

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What people said

throwaway29303 · 2021-05 · Recommendation

I had this morbid curiosity about Bacon's work and life a long while ago and I happened to find a YouTube documentary[0] about him. Pretty interesting and sad at the same time. It's worth a watch, IMO. [0] - [VIDEO]

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Gatsky · 2021-03 · Recommendation

Huh, Fancis Bacon's Three Studies of Lucian Freud is the most expensive on the list at $89 million. I can't comprehend these dollar numbers, but it's a stunning painting. There is a good doco about Bacon's life on YT: [VIDEO]

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pantelisk · 2021-02 · Recommendation

The art style of Francis Bacon is fantastic, but the troubled life he led is maybe even more intriguing, mysterious and dark. For those curious, here's a very well done documentary on Francis by BBC - [VIDEO] (warning, graphic themes)

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