The Bridge

Chilling and compelling documentary about the spot more people come to die than any other in the world, the Golden Gate Bridge. Real footage and conversations with survivors and loved ones trying to understand suicide and the mystical quality the bridge seems to hold make this a difficult viewing experience. The sensitive subject, and possibly ethically questionable footage, are handled responsibly and even-handedly. Recommended, but, well, watching a dozen or so people plummet to their death is not an easy thing to recover from. Particularly lodged in my mind is one man, by the looks of him well-off and happy enough, laughing on his cell phone, who hangs up, climbs over the railing, and without a second thought lets go. The film is pretty upsetting not to be able to answer a single ‘why?’