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. –IMDb
Certainly some emotionally impactful footage.Other than that I honestly can't say it was that all that good of a documentary.When I finished watching it I had some images of suicides forever burned into my head and not a whole lot else to speak of.
Extremely touching and devastating... not only on the content side (which is simply heartbreaking), but also on the breathtaking imagery and outstanding cinematrographics. Not suitable for everybody out there though.
My most recent obsession. Haunting, compelling, inspirational in terms of artistic merit. This is a film that not only investigates the problem of suicide but also does something else that, in my opinion, is key in creating a great documentary. Namely, it sheds light on a problem that prior to the film's release was more or less unknown... The film has created a positive reaction that has led to change/awareness...
