Movie Preview : An Unflinching Look at Suicide from "The Bridge"

If you look at the camera movements while someone's climbing over the rail, it does look like someone is simply watching and takeing video WHILE the people are preparing to jump.

If the trailer is any indication of what's in the film, I'm not too sure this glorifies suicide at all. In fact, I'm sure it may make people think twice about their options when facing a crisis and comtemplating suicide.

wow.
looks like it's filmed really well.
don't know if i'd watch it though.

Don't suppose you know the name of the book? Right up my ally...

i SO want to see this in theatre, I doubt it'll make it to france though.
anyway the trailer is brilliant, eerie and beautiful. it's such a great idea, so strong and beautiful statement just to catch those moments.

I sincerely doubt anyone was ever just in their car driving along the bridge and decided to stop and jump and end their life. This is a well-planned and thought out approach to suicide. That wouldn't make it okay to stand by and watch, but it might explain the lack of interference on the part of the production crew as these men and women contemplated on the bridge. I've never made the effort to drive to a bridge with the intention of jumping off to end my life, but I bet if I did it would mean that I was too far gone for a trite "someone somewhere needs you, you have so much to live for" (from a guy with a camera I've never seen before in my life) to matter much to me.

To me this is in much better taste than Faces of Death...those were accidental deaths of unassuming individuals turned into a cult classic for shock, horror, thrills and even twisted laughs.

I seriously doubt anyone who goes to see this film is looking to laugh (and if they are, shame on them). Hell, it might even make some people reconsider. You never know.

From what I heard, plenty of the cases were people pacing back and forth or just staring out over the water and then all of a sudden decided to climb over the railing and immediately jump. Maybe if you are really going to do it you don't crawl over the railing and stand there making a big spectacle like in the movies.
Its kind of hard to call the cops on every person on a bridge who paces back and forth, or stops to look out over the water...

Should this not be explored then? Should we just cover our eyes and pretend this doesn't happen?

when we decide to go, we go. it looks like this film handled the subject well and tastefully, i'd very much like to see it.

I'm sure he would be thankful for the bridge, poor Seneca.

That's good for those of us here in BFE Tucson.

Though the film may be a little exploitative, I think it's something everyone should look at. People always want to hide from and ignore the darker places in our human existence. Suicide is an everyday event and many people here have tried it. I think to know yourself and this world; you can't avoid the painful dark places. I'm glad someone made this and without the "faces of death" kind of spin on it. The trailer made it seem quite moving. I wish there was more work done in these realms and made available for public consumption.

I hope it is. Too many people refuse to even speak of suicide, let alone try to even discuss it. I'm sad to say that the movie probably wont be the pure motivation for discuddion it should, and will change into the hugely overblown event that always goes along with controversial films like this. I'm still looking forward to seeing it.

I feel compelled to see this. I agree with whats been said here and I do feel in ways its wrong but still I really want to see it.