Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017) on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2021.
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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.
HN commenters recommend it as a well-made, interesting and sad documentary on Bacon's troubled life.
“Pretty interesting and sad at the same time. It's worth a watch, IMO.”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
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] - ▶ this video
in “Francis Bacon’s Frightening Beauty” · View on HN
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: ▶ this video
in “A history of the art market in 35 record-breaking sales (2016)” · View on HN
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 - ▶ this video (warning, graphic themes)
in “Francis Bacon: Revelations review – a landmark biography” · View on HN