Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as a well-made, interesting and sad documentary on Bacon's troubled life.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Wei Yu

Topic

francis bacon painter

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• 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 - [VIDEO] (warning, graphic themes)

• 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: [VIDEO]

• 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] - [VIDEO]