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Movie rec: The Bridge (2006)

KakiSpin — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:09:19 +0800

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The Bridge is a 2006 documentary film by Eric Steel that tells the stories of a handful of individuals who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. The film was inspired by an article entitled "Jumpers," written by Tad Friend appearing in The New Yorker magazine in 2003.

The Bridge focuses on the large number of suicides that occur each year at the Golden Gate Bridge, capturing footage of the suicides and interviewing family members. Also interviewed are people who have attempted suicide at the bridge, witnesses of the suicides and a jump survivor.

The movie was shot with multiple cameras pointed at a notorious suicide spot on the bridge during 2004. It captured 19 people as they took their final plunge, and then offers interviews with grieving families.

Since Penang Bridge is all over the news, might as well rec this movie. I watched this once long time ago.
They have videos of people before, during and after the jump.
Home videos, interviews with families and jump survivors too.
Sad and heartbreaking documentary. Not recommended if you have lost someone from jumping off a bridge, it could be too raw a wound for you
For others, we can try to understand a bit about mental illness and depression

If not mistaken, when asking for filming permission, the producers didn't tell the authority that they're there to actually recording jumpers, instead of recording the bridge itself like promised

The article link:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers

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Movie Rec: The Bridge (2006)

KakiSpin — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:52:07 +0800

The Bridge imdb

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