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The Bridge (Documentary) Part 1

People suffer largely unnoticed while the rest of the world goes about its business. This is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and those drawn by its call. Steel and his crew filmed the bridge during daylight hours from two separate locations for all of 2004, recording most of the two dozen deaths in that year (and preventing several others). They also taped interviews with friends, families and witnesses, who recount in sorrowful detail stories of struggles with depression, substance abuse and mental illness. Raises questions about suicide, mental illness and civic responsibility as well as the filmmaker's relationship to his fraught and complicated material

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dark prodigy : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

dark prodigy

4 votes NegativePositive

290 days 8 hours ago...

part 2 please =)

leatherface259 : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

leatherface259

2 votes NegativePositive

283 days 19 hours ago...

Thanks A Bunch For This

candu : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

candu

3 votes NegativePositive

283 days 18 hours ago...

im sorry i don`t feel sorry for the people who commit suicide. The real victims are their family and friends, idk i just see suicide as a very selfish thing to do.

miksah2001 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

miksah2001

4 votes NegativePositive

283 days 17 hours ago...

for the one that commits suicide, it`s quickly over.
The family and friends are the one who have to suffer through the guilt and sadness.

Sir spanks-a-lot : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Sir spanks-a-lot

0 votes NegativePositive

283 days 12 hours ago...

The schizo`s sister is a real airheaded bitch.
The whole thing is kinda depressing, too, but I`d like to see more.

Dorbot : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

Dorbot

-2 votes NegativePositive

283 days 12 hours ago...

i like the banging happy tunes

PizzaBoi : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

PizzaBoi

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282 days 9 hours ago...

depression = suicide, right? maybe if their family and friends were THERE to begin with, there`d be less suicide.

I mean, there`s the whole catch-22 of not wanting someone else to die because it makes YOU feel bad (increasing THEIR guilt about having those thoughts)--which in a way, makes YOU to be more of the selfish asshole.

Everybody will die eventually. Most of us take our mortality as an excuse to do whatever it takes to get ahead. I just wish people would take more time out of their busy rat-race schedules to give a shit about a fellow human being before it`s too late.

It`s the whole unbearable lightness of being argument...

APEXistud : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

APEXistud

0 votes NegativePositive

282 days 2 hours ago...

The last guy is cool. He saw something and took action stopped it from happening. Luckily he was a bigger fella too. I don`t think I would want someone to do that in front of me either.

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