The Life and Unsteady Times of John Deakin (Part Two)

In part two the remarkable roll call of Soho survivors continues, all happy to confirm Deakin's personality as a funny sharp wit with a magical eye.
Both Lucian Freud AND Francis Bacon had originally agreed to appear in it, and it seems a shame lost forever that they in the end both, separately and for different reason, demurred in the end.
Yet in print Bacon was happy to both praise Deakin, and then to Dan Farson express his lack of any real knowledge of him at all. Over the phone Freud described Deakin as both "Cinderella and the Ugly Sisters", which seems especially astute.
If both these painters had been persuaded to be interviewed, its safe to say this television documentary would be much better known.
Yet it still stands as a fine document of the tone and style of the hard-drinking characters that Deakin was at the centre of.
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[@mfitzgerald883]

This is a brilliant evocation of the man. Gosh, the cigarette fumes and the alcohol reaking from every frame. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@johnschuetz5599]

Brillant Interview I’d like so much to hear Deacon speaking…

[@illuminant1129]

Fascinating film. Dan Farson got it right, with both those quotes from LF and FB at the end. There was an element of the schizoid about Deakin, as there is with many very heavy boozers. But it did not detract from his abilities as a photographer. And may even have added to it.

[@jeremyhaines4481]

Great Documentary 👍

[@Rickyscul]

Art lives on

[@talesfromtinpanalley-thedo6198]

Great documentary

[@oldgrannywheels]

10:40 A great quote from Francis

[@madamedellaporte4214]

I just noticed in part b , most of them are dead now.

[@bookaufman9643]

It seems as if every documentary about Soho is about a bunch of people who were middling artists and writers but they all knew Francis Bacon. I've yet to see one of these documentaries on Soho or The colony club that doesn't always come back to Francis.

[@aysheaahmed348]

Brilliant thankyou 😊

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

Interesting video

[@markeddeckmusic7202]

Soho ho ho boho