Quote from: Andrew McIntosh on August 23, 2015, 11:24:31 AM
Looks very interesting. Although it didn't go down well in some quarters -
Unlike the jumpers; who took the full distance ...
"This could be the most morally loathsome film ever made. Director Eric Steel set up camera teams on both sides of the Golden Gate straits, and spent months waiting to film people committing suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge. Footage of several such desperate acts is included here, along with interviews with friends and family of the unfortunates involved.
Steel has said he tried to alert authorities whenever unusual behaviour became apparent, but at least one of the jumpers is filmed walking backwards and forwards for a considerable time; and the fact that he failed to be honest with either the bridge authorities or - more crucially - the families he interviews, tells its own story. The film was apparently inspired by an article in the New Yorker magazine, and there's an undeniable power in the accretion of detail and insight into what motivates suicides in the western world. Steel's methods are, however, thoroughly despicable."
Yep, that's the Guardian for you ...
