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Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)

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Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)

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.

3 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2021

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  • Visual arts, photography & architecture
  • Documentaries & storytelling

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