If you were given two to five years to live what would you do? A friend once shared with me the oddball reel of a young filmmaker named Patrick O’Brien aka Transfatty. His perverse sense of humor spawned projects with titles like Super Model Meat Sports and The Man With the Smallest Penis In Existence And The Electron Micro-scope Technician Who Loved Him. At the age 30, Patrick was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis which is commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
On average, ALS takes two to five years to claim the life of it’s victim. Regretfully, there is currently no treatment to prolong life or subdue the terrible pain onset from ALS. In a bold move, O’Brien’s film work has taken a more serious turn as he has made it his life’s work to document his journey living with ALS. This trailer for the film is absolutely the most moving reminder I’ve seen in quite some time of the fragile existence of the human experience. I can’t urge you enough to get involved and donate to the Patrick O’Brien Foundation to see that this project sees completion.
