Saturday 31.10, 12:00 Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
Screened as part of the Homage to Francis Bacon. Preceded by a lecture by Tal Lanir: "Fragment of a Crucifixion - The art of Francis Bacon".

Francis Bacon revolutionised figurative painting in the 20th century. The English painter unmasked his subjects in a provocative and ruthless manner which, together with his life style aroused both admiration and disgust. Margaret Thatcher described him as "that man who paints those dreadful pictures" and Melvyn Bragg, who accompanies the painter throughout his day for this film, found himself in a pub crawl:

"We met at nine in the morning ...After filming in the studio we went around the corner to the Italian restaurant in which Francis took his meal of the day. He had insisted we all drink the Bollinger he had lined up beside the sink and at the restaurant we drank rough red wine… After the restaurant cleared, Francis and I did the interview. We ate nothing but we drank on. We got very drunk. We slurred. Once or twice we all but stopped... We went on to Charlie Chester's gambling club next to some blurred drinking hellhole...

Screened to commemorate Bacon's 100th birthday (born October 28th 1909, died April 28th 1992) .