OK, I realize it's not Media Monday, but I watched The Bridge last night and need to vent. I remember hearing about the movie a year or so ago while watching another documentary on people trying to be the 500th jumper from The Golden Gate Bridge. At the end of that it mentioned a new documentary coming out also dealing with suicides off the bridge. I thought I was prepared to watch it, but I found parts of it extremely disturbing.
For example, in the first few minutes it shows a man jump off the bridge - from deck to water. It made my stomach churn. Throughout the movie it showed multiple people leaping and landing. To be honest the jump and the fall did not undo me so much, but the landing - that just stuck to me. It bothered me that the filmmakers showed all of these people's last moments, the moment where that life ended. Granted you can't see much other than a splash, but I felt disturbed.
The film also interviews friends and family of the people who jumped. That was interesting. There were some people who had accepted and knew it was an eventuality that their loved one would end their life. Some people were still upset but a few seemed relieved for that person. One brother was in complete denial, while his mother was accepting and at peace.
So would I recommend it? Honestly, I'm not sure if I would or wouldn't.
Wander on my friends, wander on.
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