Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
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I get that fear that he's gonna fall--
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Saying, with which,
when he sticks the needles in himself,

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I feel the pain.
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Then he lands on his feet and I'm proud
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because
all of a sudden everybody's applauding,

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and, I think, because of what he's done.
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And I think he's doing this
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to say to God,
or whoever there is out there,

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"You son of a bitch,
what you've done to me--

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Iet me show you. I'll do my tumblesault
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and I'm coming back at you.
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This is my way of telling you
to go fuck yourself."

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I have to apologize--
my body is kind of thin

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and there isn't much to work with.
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That's one of Rose's biggest complaints.
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I should work out more,
lift weights or something.

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I'm certainly no Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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But can Arnold do this?
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C'mon, Mr. Terminator Man, I doubt...
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This is my body.
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And I learned to say,
"Well, I'm not gonna get another one.

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So I'm gonna use this one
until it's all used up."

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One of the things I'm gonna try and do
is a posthumous piece

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where I want to be buried
with a videocamera just like this,

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encased in a tomb or something.
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And someplace in the museum,
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or one of my crazy collectors
that I'm gathering--

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this is a good way
to make money beforehand, you say,

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"lf you'll pay me
a certain amount of money now, you can

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have the pleasure
of having a monitor in your house..."

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"...and the piece is called 'The Viewing.'"
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I'll have to spend money
to have a satellite, I guess--

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connection to the video monitor.
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And every now and then,
whoever wants to walk in this room-

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turn on a switch--
they can see how I'm progressing...

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...or decomposing.

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