Watched it before, but it is so well made that I'm watching it again now. A six-lane bridge,” George Orr, who has produced a new documentary about the tragedy, told Global News. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Documentaries community, Press J to jump to the feed. People who jump off the Golden Gate bridge drown in their own blood and have their eyeballs eaten by crabs. Listen to The Bridge today on SiriusXM. I remember I wanted to be like the long haired jumper with the sunshades. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Documentaries community, Looks like you're using new Reddit on an old browser. That's a good warning and something to be aware of. Its a very tough watch, but worth it. Directed by Mike Rohl. Still one of the best docs I’ve seen. This is the only one I remember from all of the projects presented. The Bridge is a 2006 drama film directed by filmmaker Brett Hanover.. A fictional story of involvement and disillusionment with Scientology, the film explicitly uses Scientology terms throughout, as well as including clips from actual Scientology promotional and training videos.It was released as free use media to the Internet in September 2006 by the filmmaker. The film was inspired by a 2003 article titled "Jumpers," … The bridge seen from Lands End. The suicide hotline phones were out of order. Inspired by a New Yorker story, “Jumpers,” written by Tad Friend, director Eric Steel decided to train cameras on the Golden Gate Bridge over the course of 2004 to capture the people who attempted to leap off the famed structure, the site of more suicides than anywhere else in the world. This could be the most morally loathsome film ever made. It's both. And that, in the subsequent years, every person who stood on that bridge died. For the drama, see The Bridge (2006 drama film). I hope it wasn't reddit. Simply Complicated . Just watch it and let me know what you think. Of the thousands of cases I had, probably a good dozen or so stuck with me, and this was one. Havent seen this for so many years. I remember he had gotten picked on a lot as a kid. IP editor is also only editing this article, is only removing this content, and is only arguing from … Below, we list some of the most disturbing documentaries ever made. The documentary sheds light on how people with mental health disorders can be treated by law enforcement officers who aren't properly trained. He was an author and wrote a NY Times best selling book about it. Very sad. Suicide is tragic no matter how it's done, but there is something particularly haunting about jumping. The film was inspired by an article entitled "Jumpers," written by Tad Friend appearing in The New Yorker magazine in 2003. But does that mean a new baseball stadium … I watched it on Netflix without reading the description. I am currently watching it for the first time, and in the final episode of season 1, Martin easily picks a lock. It's well worth your time. She died from jumping off the bridge. Eighty-five per cent of them suffer broken ribs, which rip inward and tear through the spleen, the lungs, and the heart. Thu 15 Feb 2007 19.05 EST. Impactful and eye opening, even to a room full of high school seniors. 184 votes, 22 comments. Filmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. One of the cases I had ended up being someone featured in this film at the end in their list of jumpers. In their new documentary, The Reunited States, the political pundits attempt to bridge the divide between Red and Blue America and lay out a path for moving forward, together. One day I randomly watched this film only to find out a kid i grew up with in Virginia killed himself by jumping off GGB. As explained here, " Jumpers who hit the water do so at about seventy-five miles an hour and with a force of fifteen thousand pounds per square inch. People talk about the “bridge of death,” about the idea that a load of residents of Pripyat went out to stand on this railway bridge, which stood at the top of Lenina Prospekt, the main boulevard into the city, and watched the burning reactor from that standpoint. The Bridge is a 2006 documentary film by Eric Steel that tells the stories of a handful of individuals who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. Looking back, I don't think they could've chosen better. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers/amp, a 2003 article in the New Yorker was the inspiration. I hope you're in a better place now. This is such a good and respectful documentary about suicide. It's very interesting, but dark. The Bridge is one of the most controversial documentaries ever made, as it presents real footage of several suicides off the Golden Gate Bridge … The softer side of classic and contemporary rock. He just retired recently, he was probably involved in many of these cases. "She acted like a gorilla or something". This coupled with their social media profiles that marked them as high risk before jumping. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. I have this DVD. The Bridge. this, I personally have attempted to jump off the golden gate, I dont really know how much I/ my individual story could help others but this documentary does a great job at explaining depression and suicide and its impact on the survivors and family. I watched this a few years ago.. I could find no evidence of that. The film captured a number of suicides, and featured interviews with family and friends of some of the identified people who had thrown themselves from the bridge that year. The documentary The Family I Had is about a 13-year-old boy who choked and strangled his sister to death. The Bridge is a 2006 British - American documentary film by Eric Steel spanning one year of filming at the famed Golden Gate Bridge which crosses the Golden Gate entrance to San Francisco Bay, connecting the city of San Francisco, California to the Marin Headlands of Marin County, in 2004. They had a daughter. You hear from the families of people who committed suicide and from at least one who tried suicide and lived. With Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash, Ted McGinley, Faith Ford. Directed by Eric Steel. There are a lot of interviews in this documentary including relatives of the jumpers. ‘The Bridge’ Documentary It was one of Vancouver’s worst industrial disasters and now sixty years since the Seconds Narrows Bridge collapsed never before seen footage has emerged in … There's a great video on youtube using clips from this with Edit the Sad Parts by Modest Mouse. The Bridge-Bonaventure district is an inhospitable stretch of land south of downtown Montreal, bounded by the Lachine Canal and the St. Lawrence River. Which they technically were. It is eye opening. The Bridge, a local bookstore, becomes a close part of their lives as their relationship grows. tl;dw Oct 02, 2011 "The Bridge" is a tough movie to watch. This post needs to be at the top and I will repost it every time someone starts another post with this film. Honestly this documentary was a helluva shock. I don’t know if you’ve seen the lines for getting onto the Golden Gate Bridge or going up the Eiffel Tower, but if you’re going to have a relationship with … 17.5m members in the Documentaries community. Documentaries are all the rage lately, especially with interesting releases like Fyre and the Joan Didion piece, The Center Will Not Hold, on Netflix (directed by Didion’s nephew, no less).We love the options that Netflix has to offer, but there are definitely other ways to catch these informative works of art, like watching the best documentaries on YouTube. It was somber but he included a lot of comic relief..great guy and I met him afterwards. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately, such majesty also provides arguably the ultimate means with which to do oneself in. The impact causes some broken bones which can make it a lot harder to swim (obviously) which causes the drowning. Edit: I watched the doc before even getting that job, and was under the impression the list at the end was for persons that jumped between the time filming concluded and when editing was finished. Documentaries can often prove more disturbing than the most well-crafted horror movie.Ghosts, demons, and masked killers are fine and spooky, but real-life terrors have the potential to stay with you far longer and impact how you view the world in a more profound way. An architectural marvel and national treasure, The Golden Gate Bridge draws shutterbugs and newlyweds from around the world. I now see that 23 of the 24 names were the persons actually filmed in the doc... Don't know if it's the same person but I read all of his last livejournal entries before watching the documentary, which made me feel strong sympathy for him and wish that he was still around so that him and I could be friends. Let me know what you think after you watch it. More memorable than the documentary. tl;dw. The setting of The Bridge is San Francisco’s Golden Gate. Wow, that sounds like a really challenging job. The documentary's primary subjects all struggled with mental illness, including severe depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorders, and the documentary struggles to understand their illness while illuminating the anger and hurt of their loved ones. this, I personally have attempted to jump off the golden gate, I dont really know how much I/ my individual story could help others but this documentary does a great job at explaining depression and suicide and its impact on the survivors and family. The impact from the water is usually enough to kill you and those who don't die on impact usually drown after having sustained multiple broken bones. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/13/jumpers/amp. Total noob question, but does the impact of the water kill you? They've never been the same...really sad. Do you think it would have eventually happened anyway having not seen the film? 847 votes, 245 comments. I imagine that social media has had quite the impact on situations like that. I had to track down where their body ended up floating and being discovered, confirm their identity with the coroner, then get a copy of a death certificate to confirm and close their account. 3. level 2. 1 year ago. Sad :( I remember that one guy was there for like the whole movie, then he jumped...:(. This was one the saddest documentaries I have ever watched in my entire life. A previous job of mine was to settle accounts for deceased individuals where their families had neglected to inform, or they didn't have anyone to do so. Vertebrae snap, and the liver often ruptures.". San Francisco, August 7, 1937. My uncle was the under-coroner for Marin county and would get called out to pick up the bodies at that military base where they bring the floaters in. Two new students at nearby Belmont University, Ryan and Molly, meet the first day of classes and become study partners. 17.2m members in the Documentaries community. I think I was expecting a "day in the life" or architectural style thing. The Bridge (2006)Directed By: Eric Steel. The director of the documentary director Eric Steel used 10,000 hours of footage, capturing the last moments of 23 people who decided to take their lives on the Golden State Bridge. Once called Goose Village, or Victoriatown, it was razed in the 1960s to build a stadium, which in turn was demolished. Has anyone here seen it? Fascinating and sad... Children are just wonderful. RIP Gene... http://freekboyg.livejournal.com/. I watched this last year. Filmed over the course of a year, it captures a number of suicides and features interviews with the friends and family of some of the people identified to have jumped from the bridge. Hopefully I'll get brave enough to do so at some point. Not stuff for a documentary, you'd think. Now an industrial wasteland, the city wants to revive it. Interestingly this worked in the opposite way for me, after watching this I actively tried to get help. 480. share. When I visited SF I went on the Golden Gate and walked around a bit. I talk about this with people at least once a year. RELATED: 10 Animal Documentaries … Kevin Hines came to my university and spoke about his story. But when they found out it was regarding the large amount of suicides, they immediately revoked the rights to film, and I believe even tried to recover footage from them. Available only in North America. Also, don't look it up. The Bridge gives you stress-free music from classic & 70s rock. Here we have a documentary about women with a sexual fetish that sounds more like an idea for a digital short on SNL— they form intimate attachments to large objects like the Eiffel Tower or the Golden Gate Bridge. If I remember correctly, the filmmaker got permission to record the bridge under the pretense of making a documentary of the bridge. In episode 6 (I believe), the policeman and the immigrant guy are in the locked room. Documentary about one of the world's most popular suicide spots, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. If someone thinks the whole article is too detailed, then his mention may be shrunk accordingly. My friend's ex-wife got remarried. He also tracked down and interviewed the friends, family members, and eyewitnesses to … Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health. With Eric Geleynse, Chris Brown, Susan Ginwalla, Caroline Pressley. I'm so far from being a PC fanatic, but after seeing this movie, I actually tried to kill myself and was hospitalized. Andrew Pulver @Andrew_Pulver. Dissapoints me to see there are no big subreddits on bron / broen / the bridge, the Swedish / Danish version of this show. It's intensely somber. The streaming service has announced the premiere date and trailer for The Bridge, its new … … We had a project for film and literature in high school around a documentary of our choosing and one of the students chose this. Stream it on Amazon. The Bridge is a 2006 British-American documentary film by Eric Steel spanning 365 days of filming at the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. Needless to say, I'm kind of terrified to watch this. Ps: how did you come across the film? 3. HBO Max is going all in on bridge building. This coupled with their social media profiles that marked them as high risk before jumping made this one of the most depressing cases I had. Targeted … Instead, it opens with death and then more death. Share this Documentary: Facebook Twitter Reddit Email. Through just over an hour and a half, the viewer observes along with the filmmaker … Children tends to handle death better than grown ups sometimes. or do they drown? May 11, 2015 - Watch The Bridge (2006) online. removing the material based on a desire to respect the mans privacy is not a valid argument. Talk:The Bridge (2006 documentary film) ... we arent the ones who made the documentary. The Bridge is a unique documentary, and there will never be a film quite like this. The owner of the store says he … I'm thinking someone could survive that jump...but obviously I'm wrong. I'm an SF native and yet I have never been able to look at that bridge without intense anxiety. For those interested the project was a paper and presentation along with a viewing of the documentary itself. More great documentaries. Report Save. I cant finish it myself right now, Ill be honest I get a bit of vertigo/a falling sensation watching/thinking about it but still think this film needs to be seen. Dear Zachery: A letter to his son about his father. Alex r Super Reviewer. A heads up if folks are in a dark place who are watching this. An earlier version of this article said he stabbed her to death. I've never seen anything that could be construed as a sign from heaven more than this. A document of the “Good Neighbor Policy” era, The Bridge shows the endemic poverty and recent industrialization of Latin America and looks to such postwar advances as air travel, the “bridge” that will eventually link the United States with its neighbors to the south. What makes someone high risk on social media? Photograph: AP. I forget what its called, its where we always launched kayaks when we were going to paddle the gate.