TransFatty Lives

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TransFatty Lives

2015

1h 23m

Biography

Documentary

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8 Reviews

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New York City DJ TransFatty examines life, death and everything in between.

Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

12/27/2015

There was an opportunity to explore in more depth the phenomenon of abandonment that many with debilitating diseases speak of - the people they thought would be there for the long haul fall away - but Mr. O'Brien doesn't take it.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

11/23/2015

An unusually playful and emotionally involving first-person chronicle of serious illness.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

11/19/2015

For much of the time, "TransFatty Lives" is an affirming rage against stillness, of any kind.

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John Fink

The Film Stage

02/22/2016

A-

Compelling and engaging, the film grows ironically stronger as O'Brien grows weaker.

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Meave Gallagher

L.A. Weekly

11/19/2015

A doc as vibrant as its auteur's mind, even as his body is rendered immobile.

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03/21/2017

30-vuotias mediapersoona saa diagnoosin ALS, jolloin hän päättää alkaa kuvaamaan omaa elämäänsä tämän vakavan, kuolemaan johtavan sairauden kanssa. Suosittelen elokuvan katsomista kaikille, jota tämä vakava sairaus kiinnostaa tai koskettaa.

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12/11/2015

Patrick has ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and it sucks. Its been destroying his body while leaving his creative mind perfectly intact. As a filmmaker he set out on day one to record his struggle and 10 years later the result is a beautiful and at times heart wrenching documentary. After hitting the film festival circuit earlier this year (unsurprisingly picking up a handful of awards along the way) TRANSFATTY LIVES is finally available on demand. This labor of love and celebration of life deserves your attention.

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Darin Hallinan

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Lasse Järvi

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Synopsis

New York City DJ TransFatty examines life, death and everything in between.

Director: Patrick O'Brien
Producer: Michele Dupree, Amelia Green-Dove, Darin Hallinan, Marcia T. Mohiuddin, Patrick O'Brien
Screenwriter: Patrick O'Brien, Lasse Järvi, Doug Pray
Distributor: FilmBuff
Production Co: Handsome Cargo
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 20, 2015, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 23m