1. The Bridge | Rotten Tomatoes
Critics are divided on Eric Steele's unique documentary on the Golden Gate Bridge, wonder of the modern world and notorious suicide destination.
The majestic Golden Gate Bridge is one of San Francisco's most popular tourist destinations. Unfortunately, it also is a beacon to people, struggling with depression, addiction or mental illness, who leap to their deaths into the waters of the bay. Filmmaker Eric Steel documents those suicides and interviews some of the victims' grieving survivors.
2. Suicide watch movie review & film summary (2006) - Roger Ebert
"The Bridge" is brave and unflinching, unshakably haunting and deeply mysterious. I doubt I'll forget it until the day I die.
It's an awesome sight from up there, the wind and dizzying height halting your breath as you gaze across the strait. The sun makes silver ripples on the
3. The Bridge - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
It's gripping viewing but you feel like a voyeur of somebody else's pain. After a while you may feel that you're watching a particularly scenic snuff film.
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4. Staff Voices: Review of The Bridge | Center for Deployment Psychology
18 sep 2013 · In summary, watching The Bridge was not easy and it certainly is not a “feel good” movie. However, it is a rare account of factors associated ...
I have heard about and read about the movie The Bridge for years, but until recently I had not watched it entirely myself. Since I teach frequently about suicide and have actually made reference to the movie, I thought I should see it and review it for a blog entry. I believe it certainly has relevance to military mental health given the rise in military suicides and relevance to mental health in general since suicide is one of the most frightening client outcomes that we encounter or worry about as mental health professionals.
5. Movie Review : The Bridge (2006) - Dead End Follies
21 apr 2015 · Jumping to your death from one of the most iconic bridges in the world is a rather efficient way to die, but it's also quite romantic. There's a ...
If you want to pick a fight with somebody, triggering an argument about suicide is a good way to start things off. It's a complex, multifaceted issue that affected everyone you know, but that nobody wants to look at objectively, because it reopens wounds as we're desperately trying to carry on. It's
6. The Bridge | Movies | The Guardian
15 feb 2007 · 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, ...
Andrew Pulver: This could be the most morally loathsome film ever made.
7. Reviews - THE BRIDGE
The Bridge is both a beautiful film and a disturbing one, and the connection between those two characteristics makes it the most disquieting of documentaries.
a film by Eric Steel
8. The Bridge - Tomato Nation
24 aug 2008 · The Bridge is heartbreaking. Calling it “snuff” doesn't change that fact; it just lets you avoid confronting what the film tries to: that we don ...
The Bridge is sporting a 70% “fresh” on the Tomato-meter as of this writing, but the 30% who dislike it do so with a virtuous dudgeon. “This could be the most morally loathsome film ever made” (Andrew Pulver, Guardian). “Little more than a snuff film dressed up as an art house flick” (David Cornelius, efilmcritic.com). “After a while you may feel that you’re watching a particularly scenic snuff film” (Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune). “This is death porn, shocking for the sake of being shocking and little else” (Glenn Whipp, L.A. Daily News).
