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The Young Film Forum (YFF) Archive Dive:
LOVE IS THE DEVIL, Co-Presented by Queer|Art
Wednesday, May 28
6:30
DIRECTED BY JOHN MAYBURY
INTRODUCED BY FILMMAKER & QUEER|ART FOUNDER IRA SACHS
SCREENING OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
“Do I possess some inner destructive demon, or is it simply that love is the devil?”
– Francis Bacon
One of the 20th century’s greatest painters, Francis Bacon, was at the height of his celebrity during London’s swinging ‘60s. Sir Derek Jacobi (I, CLAUDIUS; HAMLET) gives a searing performance as the fiercely cruel artist whose passion for his work is nearly exceeded by his obsession with George Dyer (played by a pre-Bond Daniel Craig) — a darkly handsome petty thief who becomes his lover and the model for many of his most renowned paintings. Maybury, a close associate of Derek Jarman, recreates the British demi-monde of artists, rent boys, and bar flies who fed Bacon’s controversial, tortured artistic vision.
1998 90 MIN. STRAND RELEASING
THE YFF ARCHIVE DIVE is a new screening series programmed specifically for YFF and curated from FF’s rich 54-year history of first-run premieres. The series introduces important, challenging works and underseen masterpieces to members in their 20s and 30s. Learn about YFF here. YFF-eligible members, please email jesse@filmforum.org for details on this and future YFF gatherings.
LOVE IS THE DEVIL premiered at Film Forum on October 7, 1998, originally programmed by Karen Cooper. YFF Archive Dive programming consultant Tristan Pollack selected it for this event.
Queer|Art connects and empowers LGBTQ+ artists across generations and creative disciplines. Founded in 2009, Queer|Art is an artist-led and community-centered organization—united by shared values of collective care, creative resilience, and the preservation and advancement of queer legacies and queer futures. Ongoing programmatic initiatives include: our annual cornerstone program, the year-long Queer|Art|Mentorship and a wide array of awards, grants, and offerings that provide direct support to LGBTQ+ artists.
Ira Sachs is a NYC-based filmmaker whose feature films include PASSAGES, LITTLE MEN, LOVE IS STRANGE, KEEP THE LIGHTS ON and his newest, PETER HUJAR'S DAY with Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, opening this fall. In 2009, he founded Queer|Art, and organization that provides mentorship and support from queer and trans artists across disciplines and generations.
Presented with support from the R.G. Rifkind Endowment for Queer Cinema
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