Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)
Wei Yu · Documentary · 1 h 19 min · 2017
Why it's here
HN commenters recommend it as a well-made, interesting and sad documentary on Bacon's troubled life.
What it covers
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.