What a beautiful movie!

hyped garbage

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Watching this film that contained the bridge dive of I guy I knew was absolutely awful, it was personal and horrible. But it was also steps towards building a suicide net off the bridge , which will go a long way to prevention.

This may be the worst docu I've ever seen.I tried to watch it with an open mind and I was ready to not assume a moralising attitude while faced with the premise of The Bridge, which is basically a modern snuff movie. But... like another commenter observed, at each jump you can almost feel the glee of the director about having wrapped a good shot, you can imagine the conversations of the cameramen, and it's not a nice thought. And the music choices, ohmygod.This film manages incredibly to bridge the gap between gratuitous, immoral shock value and extreme dullness. There's surprising little emotion in every single scene. There's no social discourse. There's virtually no insight on the people we see dying: the interviews vaguely mention depression, mental illness -- and to think that the interviewees weren't informed about the footage of the death of their loved ones, that's so crass and insensitive that defies belief. I see this film as incorporating everything that is bad in some media industry: exploitation, gimmicks, shock value, insensitivity and superficiality. I hope this director changes career.The only way The Bridge vaguely works, is in a perverse meta-discourse: the loneliness of the suicides is exemplified by the crassness of the movie itself. The environment that couldn't save them it's the very one that produces "art" such as this movie.

The Bridge is a documentary about the Golden Gate Bridge and the tragic loss of life that is voluntary given by so many. The film makers captured 23 of the 24 suicides that took place from the bridge in 2004, and show the stories and footage from some of those who jumped to their death as well as a survivor and a rescue. While the subject matter is very dark and bleak, the stories run the full spectrum from awe inspiring and forgiving to maddeningly depressing. It is an eye opening look at something that we as a society choose not to see, or choose not to think about. Eric Steele directs the documentary while conducting interviews with witnesses and family members of those who are no longer with us. Some have found an understanding and carry with them a forgiveness for those who chose to end their lives while others are still questioning and baffled by the loss. For anyone who has dealt with mental illness in their lives, whether it be through a family member, friend, or even themselves, there is a very real feel to the stories that one can easily understand. For those who have never experienced something as chaotic as mental illness, the film offers great insight into the human psyche and just how far we all are and feel from time to time.From the thermals that warp the footage on hot days to the clouds and fog that roll into the bay and shroud the bridge in a mist, the film brings the viewer right up to the cold damp railing and lets you experience the rumble that vibrates through it as well as the bounce that you feel when you stand upon the bridge as a truck drives by. From the people who refuse to look up from their shoes as they walk by someone sitting on the railing to those who stop and try to talk to them, there is a sense of tragic loneliness as well as heroic interception that the film brings to the screen so beautifully in an agonizing way.

The Golden Gate Bridge was on camera for one year to capture the frequent jumpers who commit suicide on a regular basis. Eric Steel interviewed friends and relatives of many of them without mentioning that he has them on film. On average, someone jumped every fifteen days. The first guy was jogging, talking on a cell phone and laughing, when he leaped to his death. The film crew rescued several of the intending to end their lives. One survivor, Kevin Hines, changed his mind on his way down towards the water, and pointed his legs vertical, and lived, but suffered spinal injuries. He claims to have been brought to the surface by a seal, and attributes this to divine intervention, and he has become a religious fanatic.Twenty three suicides were filmed during the course of the movie, and the follow up stories are sad and interesting. The Bridge is worth watching.