Lucian Freud: filming with the artist

Thank you for this brilliant film; and to all those who helped put it together, and contributed. I, and likely many others, have been deeply moved seeing this.



The subtlety of the documentation and startling human insights into his genius and personality has left me mute.



I am sure I was not the only viewer who had to turn off the TV after the film given the need to cut off from further visual perception and mentally process the preceding ninety minutes again and again. Stunning. Thank you!

I agree it was a brilliant, albeit intense, film. I'm still not very fond of Freud's work, but now I understand it, and him, better. Paradoxically, his death allowed people to be more forthright and tender in talking about him which brought out both the light and the shade in his character - particularly revealing through the words of his daughters. Randall Wright's delicate touch in the design and production of this film were wonderful. Thank you BBC4 for bringing this to us and for allocating a sensible amount of time for a complex and demanding subject. It was a shining light in an otherwise dismal TV schedule and should become a classic documentary in the future.

In a world of "fake" - celebtities with no talent, artists who prostitute their work for money & sharks profiting from it all - it is refreshing to see this honest & inspiring film.

Hope it will be repeated as I can't get the i-player in Belgium.

Thank you Randall for a fantastic film; subtle, moving, and it felt a great privilege to watch him working in his studio, surely the most private space for a painter. Wonderful, and I need to see it again.

Congratulations and thank you for this brilliant, interesting, moving, inspiring film.

Thank you for a wonderful programme,an in depth look into the artists life...beautiful!! Would you know the name of the music in the opening credits?? That set the mood for me.

This was a very special documentary about a very special artist. It was a very special documentary because of the way it was made. This has had to be one of the best documentaries made about a 20th century British artist. Apart from a minimal use of music there was just the voice off of the narrator. No tricky camera work, no wretched presenter more interested in him/herself than the subject of the documentary and time to see some of the works.



The previous night I tried to watch the programme on BBC4 about Purcell and had to turn off because of the presenter and the constantly moving camera. Tonight's programme proves that it is possible to make a good documentary using an almost minimalist style and yet retain the viewer's interest 100%, or at least, mine.



Thanks BBC.

This video is full of interesting information. Learning about Freud's life allows us to relate to his work from a new aspect.

I found this film quite interesting and has plenty of interesting information. I

enjoyed learining about this artist. i liked the normality and beautifulness of the bodys he painted, he painted them how he saw them and not in a way that people would want to see them, edited and fake etc...

Excellent film sensitively made, thank you. So interesting to see great artists at work. I think it should remain on iplayer for longer so that people who missed the programme can see it. I look forward to more films on artists from Randall Wright.

I thought the interviews were insightful and excellent, and you got a great sense of the way he used paint - interesting that John Richardson reprised his Picasso comments on the link between sex and art. Some of Freud's sources would have been welcome, hardly a mention of another painter except Bacon (German 'New Objectivity', Chardin, Craxton etc.) And no mention of the feud with brother Clement?

This was the first work of the director, Randall Wright that I had come across. It's a beautiful film which I return to again and again. Congratulations on realising such a special and insightful portrait of the artist, Lucian Freud.