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The Bridge | 
| Director: Eric Steel
Studio: Koch Lorber Films
Category: DVD
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 6956
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: KCHDKLF3122D
UPC: 741952312291
EAN: 0741952312291
ASIN: B000O76PXK
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: June 12, 2007
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Capturing the intensity of life in relation to death director eric steel & his crew spent an entire year looking at the golden gate bridge. Running cameras for almost every daylight minute he documented nearly two dozen fatal moments as well as others where suicide was avoided & life preserved. Studio: Koch International Release Date: 06/12/2007 Run time: 94 minutes
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Director Eric Steel has succeeded in making one of the most morbid documentaries ever, The Bridge. Starring several deceased Golden Gate Bridge jumpers, The Bridge is a eulogy comprised of interviews with their loved ones and friends who reminisce about those who succeeded in committing suicide in the San Francisco Bay. Spliced between interview footage are shots of the bridge in all its majesty, surrounded by fog, and being enjoyed by tourists. Meant to represent The Bridge as a rounded character, one of beauty punctuated by tragedy, this film is assuredly touching for the affected families. It's an important step in the grieving process, but feels random viewed by one who didn't know these mentally disturbed citizens. As a conceptual investigation into suicidal motivations, the documentary succeeds, though midway through viewing one begins to feel like an interloper at various funerals. We hear of one woman's battle with schizophrenia, another man's death obsession, and several retellings of those who witnessed the horrendous events. Like Grey Gardens, The Bridge captivates by triggering one's love of sensationalism, but fortunately the film's sincerity undercuts any inkling of gossip column crime reporting. This tribute to suicide victims serves as an oblique tribute to The Bridge, as an honest portrayal of its history, gritty though important to remember. --Trinie Dalton
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 Haunting!!!! January 8, 2009
Mr. P. Burt (plymouth devon UK)
A friend of told me about this film, so I decided to check it out for myself, The Bridge is without a doubt the most haunting piece of work I have ever seen!! The Bridge asked the question why do people decide to end their lives by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge, there is nothing fancy about this documentary and it does not need to be. In this film you hear from family and friends who tell there stories, of someone they know who chose to end their lives by jumping off the Bridge and some of the people who commited suicide is caught on film. When you see someone jumping off and see them hit that water with such force, it makes sick to witness what you saw and feel ashamed that you paid to see this film, but the curious side of your mind wants to know why would they do this.
If you can see this film with dismissing it as exploitative then this film will stay in your head for a long time after seeing it.
Eric Steel has created an unsettling but ultimately deeply moving work December 20, 2008
Andy Orrock (Dallas, TX)
Having lived in San Francisco and run the Golden Gate Bridge with my running training group dozens of times, you learn just how accessible it is - it's pedestrian- and bike-friendly, with nice wide sidewalks and chest-high fences. You can say it reflects the personality of the city. It's a magical place, an enduring engineering marvel...and a suicide magnet.
It's that last feature that drew Producer/Director Eric Steel to this project (though it's in question just how open he was with the Golden Gate Bridge Authority in regards to his proposed subject matter).
It would have been easy for Steel to piece together a sensational or voyeuristic film given the nature of the footage he collected while filming at the bridge for a year. Instead, he's put together an unsettling but ultimately deeply moving work that seeks to define bridge jumpers as real human beings, not just statistics. Indeed, the most compelling scenes in the film aren't the ones at the bridge; they're the emotional, affecting interviews with friends and family of the jumpers. It's clear they're still reeling from the events.
Adding to the brooding, ruminative feel of the film is a brilliant score by Alex Heffes. It nails the mood of the film perfectly.
Haunting, but a rare look into the side of life that most people turn away from. October 18, 2008
W. Price (Birmingham, AL U.S.A.)
A friend of mine told me about this documentary after he watched it on IFC. He said I would like it and that it was interesting. I work in the drug and alcohol addiction field and I am a graduate of psychology and criminology and I am more desensitized that the average person when it comes to human behavior. But, I watched this one night after work and I was speechless. It brings the common movie goer into the eye-witness setting of mental illness and people attempting to cope with a "not-so-good" existence. Haunting, but I was unable to look away. I would show this film to any college-level psychology class as a teaching/learning tool.
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