Life and death of bob and bdsm

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The film chronicles Flanagan for several years leading up to his death in It explores various aspects of his life, artwork, and philosophy through interviews and other personal footage depicting Flanagan, his partner Sheree Rose, and the Flanagan family. Sick also features Flanagan's home movies, performance videos, and video diaries, as well as an excerpt of Flanagan's performance in the music video for "Happiness in Slavery" by Nine Inch Nails. In the film, Flanagan explains his use of BDSM for sexual gratification and also as a therapeutic device to regain control over his body from cystic fibrosis. He discusses his conceptual, performance, and video art, which often relates to pain, illness, medicine, and sexuality. Flanagan also serves as a camp counselor for children with cystic fibrosis and meets with a young woman who suffers from cystic fibrosis and who visits him under the auspices of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The film mixes interviews with Flanagan who rapidly deteriorates before our eyes , his dominatrix partner Sheree Rose and friends and family members alongside footage of his performances, new and old, and results in a portrayal of someone who sought to deal with his constant pain by taking control of it — fighting back against his malfunctioning body by submitting it to damage and pain that he was in control of. Flanagan is, by turn, witty, charming, angry, painful and tragic as the film leads up to his death — his final moments and the aftermath captured by Dick and Rose. And yes, there is no soft-peddling here. One of the scenes finally appearing in this cut shows Flanagan nailing his penis to a board and then pulling the nail loose, unleashing a gushing of blood. To quote him:.

This film explores death, sexual taboos and visual art. I started watching the film as a fluke…it just popped up as a related title on Netflix. Sounds right up my alley.