SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

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SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist is a 1997 documentary about Bob Flanagan, an American writer, poet, performance artist, comic, and BDSM practitioner, who suffered and later died of cystic fibrosis. The film was directed by Kirby Dick.

The film shows how Flanagan inflicted pain on himself through BDSM as an attempt to take control of pain of his disease. Through private moments captured on camera, his performances, and direct conversations with Flanagan himself, the viewer learns of his painful fight against his affliction, the creative and disturbing things he does to his ailing body, and the importance of his long-term relationship with his dominatrix/partner Sheree Rose.

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• SICK: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist at the Internet Movie Database