Sick – The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Year: 1997
Production Country: USA
Directed by: Kirby Dick
Running time: 92min
Certificate: 18
The life and lifestyle of cystic fibrosis sufferer Bob Flanagan, the LA writer, performance artist, comic and BDSM celebrity. Read more
Synopsis
Kirby Dick documented the proud life and lifestyle of cystic fibrosis sufferer Bob Flanagan, the LA writer, performance artist, comic and BDSM celebrity who remained an advocate of the liberating power of consensual S&M throughout his terminal illness. The BBFC required three-and-a-half minutes of cuts in order to classify the film as an 18. Meanwhile, Disney objected to Flanagan’s rewriting of a song from Mary Poppins, ironically instructing him to ‘cease and desist’.
The BFI is releasing Sick on DVD uncut for the first time in November 2012
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