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Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Rating:No Rating
Genre:Documentary
Release Date:November 7, 1997
Running time:89 minutes
Cast:Kathe Burkhart, Kirby Dick, Bob Flanagan, Sheree Rose, Rita Valencia
Director:Kirby Dick

Description: A glimpse into the life of a masochistic performance artist, Bob Flanagan, who suffered from Cystic Fibrosis all his life until his death at forty-three in 1995. Flanagan was well known for his examination -- through piercing, penetration and multitudinous forms of self-effacement -- of how we experience pain and the associated pleasures of sadomasochism and domination.

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