The film begins by perpetuating the myth of the first Bacon/Dyer meeting - Bacon catching Dyer in the act of robbing his studio - and thus immediately calls its authenticity into question. Whilst the myth has a certain cachet, the scene of discovery, as presented here, is as laughable as a cheesy gay porn scenario.
Daniel Craig is awesome as Bacon's piece of rough. Derek (Theatre Luvvy) Jacobi as Bacon camps it up by numbers. The arty camera devices cannot make up for the cheap production values or the threadbare script.
It's a depressing 80 mins. An everyday tale of two more self-hating homosexuals and a life of doom and gloom in 60s Soho. The only highlight being Mr Craig reclining in the bath. And, handsome as he is, it wasn't worth waiting 75 minutes for.
N.B. Since when did bouncers in 60s Britain wear earrings? And as for the bell-boy's mullet??? It's supposed to be a period piece! Couldn't they have got an actor with an appropriate hair cut???
Daniel Craig is awesome as Bacon's piece of rough. Derek (Theatre Luvvy) Jacobi as Bacon camps it up by numbers. The arty camera devices cannot make up for the cheap production values or the threadbare script.
It's a depressing 80 mins. An everyday tale of two more self-hating homosexuals and a life of doom and gloom in 60s Soho. The only highlight being Mr Craig reclining in the bath. And, handsome as he is, it wasn't worth waiting 75 minutes for.
N.B. Since when did bouncers in 60s Britain wear earrings? And as for the bell-boy's mullet??? It's supposed to be a period piece! Couldn't they have got an actor with an appropriate hair cut???