The video focuses on Bob Flanagan (who died at the age of 43 in 1996 due to cystic fibrosis), whose claim to fame is his art showcasing his masochism as his method of dealing with the anguish of cystic fibrosis. The music video for Nine Inch Nails’ “Happiness in Slavery” is probably one of the bloodiest things I’ve ever seen, all the moreso because most of it is real. Here’s a blog about the video from DyRe on Everything2: I just recently started getting google alerts for some of my past work and I’m coming across some posts. You can find out more about it on my website – in the shorts and music video section. It was the first video that Trent gave to Interscope as part of their new contract. It caused a bit of a stir in the music industry and music video industry. Quite a while ago I directed a music video for Nine Inch Nails “Happiness in Slavery”.
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