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Francis Bacon: Paintings 1944-1962

David Thompson’s wordless film from 1963 presents an unsettling montage of images from Bacon’s major mid-period works.

Documentary 1963 11 mins

Overview

David Thompson’s wordless film from 1963 presents a montage of images from Bacon’s major mid-period works, edited together by film historian Kevin Brownlow and accompanied by an aggressive orchestral score by Elisabeth Lutyens.