Kirby Dick, Sheree Rose, Kathe Burkhart, Bob Flanagan, Rita Valencia
This documentary profiles poet/performance artist Bob Flanagan, who was born with cystic fibrosis. Flanagan explains, with engaging humor, how his obsession with controlled, self-inflicted pain has he... read more 
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2003
Stats: 146 reviews
An extremely interesting artist who provides a deep glimpse into the nature of pain. He demonstrates, mostly with his body, the clear, yet often confounding, large gap between unwanted pain and consensual pain. If you've ever been intrigued, excited, or outright confused by masoc... read more
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 Sl... read more
[font=Century Gothic]"Sick" is a documentary that starts out with Bob Flanagan, performance artist, reading his own obituary. Flanagan suffered from cystic fibrosis since he was a child and was not given long to live. But he beat the odds, by using masochism as a coping mechanism... read more
Supermasochist is right. Hard to watch, but worth the ride. You will most definitely squirm in your seat and cover your eyes saying 'Oh, my god'.
Really sad and disturbing film about Bob Flanagan's attempt to deal with cystic fibrosis. A doc that starts like a freakshow and becomes one of the saddest I've ever seen. Highly recommended if you have a strong stomach.
Wow.... Extremely hard to watch. More than once did I skip through parts of the movie because I didn't want to see what he was about to do to himself.
I loved it.
A fascinating documentary on the life of Bob Flanagan a saddo masochist dying of Cystic Fibrosis. This film deals with his lifestyle and his death in graphic detail. Didja get that? If seeing a man do incredibly inappropriate stuff to his dick or watching a man systematically die... read more
Amazing - I learned a lot from this movie. About life, death.... BDSM (!) Really hits you in the gut with its emotional and visual disturbances, although the last bit where the lines are recited I feel where unnecessary in displaying the process of someone's life and untimely death.
It's very hard to put my thoughts into words after seeing this movie. This is by no means a "happy" movie, but like most all other reviewers, I believe that it's an important movie that needs to be seen. You have to keep an open mind throughout the whole movie because parts of Si... read more
Great documentary about a man who takes power over his terminal illness by becoming a masochist. Not for the weak of stomach, but a completely honest and totally unique film experience. Really a must see if you can handle it. Be warned... this film pulls no punches and is very ve... read more
Flanagan and Rose prove to be an exceptionally creative and intelligent couple who were able to turn their obsessions into art, albeit of a highly specialized kind and involving at times an overwhelmi... Full Review
There's never quite been a movie like Sick, which isn't interesting enough, alas, to make its repellent and morbid episodes bearable. Full Review
One of the most agonizing films I have ever seen. Full Review
Does a remarkable thing in presenting extreme, sometimes revolting material and simultaneously making us like and admire Flanagan. Full Review
One of the most unlikely inspirational films ever made. Full Review
The film is sad and funny and flat-out fascinating.
The title alone of Kirby Dick's alleged documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist practically screams: "This is not your standard biopic!" Full Review
It contains language and depicts sexual acts that most will find appalling and intolerable, and this fact overshadows any enticing human element the film tries to extend. Full Review
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