Documentary about writer and performance artist Bob Flanagan who died at 43 of cystic fibrosis. His life was indicated by pain from the beginning and he started to develop sadomasochistic practices, which he developed finally into performances.

Kirby Dick - (1997) Sick - The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 29mn
Size: 	1.43 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	700x474 ~> 700x525
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	29.970 fps
Bit rate: 	1 785 Kbps
BPP: 	0.180
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 448 Kbps
#2:  	English 2.0ch AAC @ 39.9 Kbps (Commentary with director Kirby Dick and editor Dody Dorn)

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Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Spanish

The post Kirby Dick – Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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One of the most influential and iconoclastic figures of the 20th century, French philosopher and father of “deconstruction” Jacques Derrida has single-handedly altered the way we look at history, language, art, and film. In the spirit of Derrida’s work, acclaimed filmmakers Kirby Dick (SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST [torrent available here]) and Amy Ziering Kofman have created an innovative and entertaining portrait by questioning the very concept of biography itself. Featuring a mesmerizing score by Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (THE LAST EMPEROR), DERRIDA is a playful and provocative glimpse at a visionary thinker as he ruminates on everything from SEINFELD to the sex lives of ancient philosophers.

Extras:
. Derrida on Derrida – Q&A on the New York Premiere
2. Deleted Scenes

+Commentary by Director Kirby Dick

1.73GB | 1h 25m | 696×572 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/D10274BADC70FE3/Derrida.2002.PAL.DVDRip.x264.AC3.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/C447CADF8DC5C74/Derrida_Extras.rar

Language:Français/English
Subtitles:English for French (hardcoded)

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Synopisis from RopeofSilicon.com

IFC Original Documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, the breakthrough film from Oscar-nominated director Kirby Dick (Twist of Faith) is an unprecedented investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound impact on American culture.

The MPAA, a lobbying organization for the movie industry, maintains a ratings system first implemented in 1968 by longtime president Jack Valenti. This system, with its age based content classification using letter grades G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17 (formerly X), has become a cultural icon. But behind its simple facade is a censoring process kept entirely secret. Board members are anonymous; deliberations are private; standards are seemingly arbitrary. Thus, the trade organization for the largest media corporations in America also keeps a trademarked lock on content regulation over our most unique and popular art form.

This Film Is Not Yet Rated asks whether Hollywood movies and independent films are rated equally for comparable content; whether sexual content in gay-themed movies are given harsher ratings penalties than their heterosexual counterparts; whether it makes sense that extreme violence is given an R rating while sexuality is banished to the cutting room floor; whether Hollywood studios receive detailed directions as to how to change an NC-17 film into an R while independent film producers are left guessing; and finally, whether keeping the raters and the rating process secret leave the MPAA entirely unaccountable for its decisions.

Filmmakers who speak candidly include John Waters (A Dirty Shame), Kevin Smith (Clerks), Matt Stone (South Park), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), Atom Egoyan (Where the Truth Lies), Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream), Mary Harron (American Psycho), actress Maria Bello (The Cooler) and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists).

In This Film Is Not Yet Rated, director Kirby Dick also examines the most controversial ratings decisions in recent history, as well as the MPAA’s efforts to protect copyright and control culture in the name of piracy and profit. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood’s best-kept secret: the identities of the ratings board members themselves. The result is a movie about movies unlike any other movie ever made.

https://nitro.download/view/37BCC1DE6853D2F/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated__2006_.avi

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None

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