Review of Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) by Jonathan N — 03 Jun 2008
Insightful documentary on Bob Flanagan who fought cystic fribrosis by becoming a masochist. Not just any old masochist. No, he became a super masochist; doing to his body what few others had the desire to do, let alone the nerve.
Introduced to most from NIN's "Happiness In Slavery" video, he's not just a pervert or a weirdo, but a person who has spent everyday facing his mortality and found a way to survive and to outlast an illness that should have killed him in his childhood.
This review of Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) was written by Jonathan N on 03 Jun 2008.
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist has generally received very positive reviews.
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