The bridge is there, the people are not there

Macie 2022-04-13 08:01:01


The Golden Gate Bridge, a popular suicide spot, I used to run on it. I remember it was cold that day. I just got off the plane and just finished my McDonald's breakfast and coffee. To keep my body warm, I had to run on the bridge. In the foggy early morning, there are endless traffic, there are people running, and there are tourists of all skin colors. But no matter from any angle, in my memory, this is a beautiful bridge in the film, so it should be an excellent choice as the end of a desperate life.

The photographer spent a year photographing the bridge and recording the lives lost on the bridge. In the film, the bridge in the mist, the bridge with bright sunshine, and the various forms of life with the bridge as the background. The workers have lunch by the bridge, the artist is painting the bridge, and the bridge is next to them; the child is running on the green field, and the entrepreneur is waving a ball. poles, the bridge behind them; sailors across the water, swimmers plunging into the water, travelers on cruise ships waving at the bridge above them. At the same time, you don't know when someone suddenly jumped over the railing, head up or down, and ended his life in a parabolic stroke.

In all the scenes, the narration never stops, and the family and friends of the deceased tell their stories. Maybe it's liberation, maybe it's flying, the sun will rise tomorrow, the bridge is there, the people are not there.

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Extended Reading
  • Hubert 2022-04-13 08:01:01

    Further reading: "The Complete Suicide Manual" "The Complete Revenge Manual"

  • Evelyn 2022-04-13 08:01:01

    Some ethical issues can be discussed, but this is not the point. The point is that the filming is not good. Those "dead images" are inexplicably inserted between the monotonous interviews. This is all the techniques of this film. horrible.

The Bridge quotes

  • Witness: [after witnessing a suicide] When I talked to the highway patrolman, I asked him "Is this a rare occurrence or does this happen a lot?" And he looked and me and he sort of smiled and he said, "It happens all the time."

  • [Last lines]

    Caroline Pressley - Gene's Friend, South San Francisco, CA: I don't know why people kill themselves. And yet, it's a small step to empathize... to say... well, because I think we all experience moments of despair. That, ah, it would be so much easier not to do this anymore. But for most of us, the sun comes out, and then "Oh well, Tomorrow is another day". Why he chose the Bridge? I don't know. Maybe there was a certain amount of release from pain, by pain. Maybe he just wanted to fly one time.