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February 27th, 2008 by
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Time for a serious moment? For ‘The Bridge’ director Eric Steel and his crew observed the Golden Gate Bridge for 365 days. By doing this, they recorded most of the suicides on the bridge that year — and prevented several others. The footage is supplemented with interviews of friends and family. Telling a painful story about mostly mental illness and depression. | ||||||||
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As positive as some movies on this site are, this is one on the far opposite side of the balance. To get permission to make this picture, director Eric Steel said it was "to capture the powerful, spectacular intersection of monument and nature that takes place every day at the Golden Gate Bridge." And although his motives are questionable as expected, the mix of interviews with the disturbing footage brings an honest and real picture of this dark part of life. Always staying objective, but telling a very intimate story by the people interviewed. A daring and brave choice to raise awareness for one of life's biggest taboos. But watch it at your own risk.
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Wow, I honestly don’t know if I could actually sit through such a documentary.
Great blog post. I live in SF so this really interests me. Next time, i will have to go try “pretending” to jump off and feel the air on the GG bridge.
I can’t imagine what one must feel to bring themselves to the point of jumping. My heart breaks thinking about it let alone watching it. Thanks for the review _ I might have missed this one otherwise.