Golden Gate bridge fascinates many people. People travel from all over the world to see it. People travel from all over the world to jump from it as well(But the average jumper is from bay area according to a recent study).
There is a guy who left cameras in 2004 to capture the scenic golden gate bridge. I forgot what he took permission for. All he filmed was people jumping from the bridge. He released it as documentary. I had heard about this film at San Francisco Film Festival last year.
This film was played on IFC last Monday. I happened to watch the last hour of it. It was incidents of people jumping interlaced by relatives of the jumpers and survivors talking.
I dont know what compels people to end their life. All I know is, it very difficult on the family. I read somewhere that attempting suicide is a cry for help. May be if they seek help in time or call that suicide hotline(there is one on the bridge) it may keep them from doing that.
There is one thing I could not fathom. Mental state of the film maker. Seriously, how did he edit the darned thing? He has to watch the entire footage to see whether somebody was jumping, he had to go back edit the scenes of the person before he jumped. What gives me the eerie feeling is the fact that they are real people. It was difficult for me to watch, I wonder how the film maker could do it.
The movie does make somebody contemplating suicide think twice. May be that's what motivated the film maker.
It is a supermorbid film. If you want to watch it, please do. It does provide some insight.
There is a guy who left cameras in 2004 to capture the scenic golden gate bridge. I forgot what he took permission for. All he filmed was people jumping from the bridge. He released it as documentary. I had heard about this film at San Francisco Film Festival last year.
This film was played on IFC last Monday. I happened to watch the last hour of it. It was incidents of people jumping interlaced by relatives of the jumpers and survivors talking.
I dont know what compels people to end their life. All I know is, it very difficult on the family. I read somewhere that attempting suicide is a cry for help. May be if they seek help in time or call that suicide hotline(there is one on the bridge) it may keep them from doing that.
There is one thing I could not fathom. Mental state of the film maker. Seriously, how did he edit the darned thing? He has to watch the entire footage to see whether somebody was jumping, he had to go back edit the scenes of the person before he jumped. What gives me the eerie feeling is the fact that they are real people. It was difficult for me to watch, I wonder how the film maker could do it.
The movie does make somebody contemplating suicide think twice. May be that's what motivated the film maker.
It is a supermorbid film. If you want to watch it, please do. It does provide some insight.
