"I don't know why people kill themselves. And yet, it's a small step to empathize... to say... well, because I think we all experience moments of despair. That, ah, it would be so much easier not to do this anymore. But for most of us, the sun comes out, and then "Oh well, Tomorrow is another day". Why he chose the Bridge? I don't know. Maybe there was a certain amount of release from pain, by pain. Maybe he just wanted to fly one time."

I don't know how to properly rate The Bridge especially after reading this: Steel interviewed relatives and friends of the suicide victims, but did not inform them that he had footage of their loved ones' deaths.

Which to me feels kind of weird. Did he tell them after the interview? Did they see the footage while watching the documentary?

It's tough to see Gene fall to his death at the end. You see his friends and family talk about him throughout the documentary while seeing Gene pacing around the Golden Gate Bridge. It's tough to watch. You see someone getting saved though but many jump to his or her demise. I'm happy they at least are installing suicide nets now. I hope they prevent people from jumping.

I do know that when I finally walk over the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time this september that it'll be with a different look at it then when I hadn't seen this documentary before hand.

Anyway I don't recommend watching this one.