The Bridge August 25, 2008
Posted by Sharny in : Entertainment, Society , trackbackI just finished watching The Bridge. I had heard about it a while ago and been intruiged by the the premise and it didn’t dissapoint.
As a film that centres around the filming of actual suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge, it’s going to be something that is controversial. It’s definitely possible to view it as something morbid but at the same time, can be something very sensitive.
I personally found it very moving and extremely powerful. I’m not really gonna say a lot about it because there isn’t a whole lot to say, it had a strong effect on me though, that’s for sure. Having seen this the experience of visiting the bridge whilst I am in San Francisco later this year is going to be even more special.
I suppose what really struck me by it is the variance between the stories of the people who took their own lives. Some had mental problems from quite early on and where in and out of depression, whereas others had seemed happy to those around them for the majority of their lives. This is, I suppose, the scariest part, as it puts forward the idea that essentially anyone can be driven to suicide, that it is not as distant as many of us would like to think.
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