Can you romanticize suicide? There comes a time in your life when the despair becomes too great, too overwhelming. For most, this desperation in such high degrees is unimaginable. I’m not trying to show or make anyone feel this way… sometimes it would be nice to feel normal. The truth of the matter is you’re living with an illness. But, unlike most diseases, you have the power to control it, and not let it control you. Understanding and believing this simple fact is a very difficult task. Not unlike the act of actually living with it. There came a very strong connectivity to the people in this film I saw. Some were seen as detached, others confused, or isolated, and even ‘fine’ as defined by friends and family. From watching them make their final, life ending decisions… I was able to see some beauty in it. Maybe I’m morbid. Or, maybe I’m more human and sensitive than you. It’s chilling, yet endearing in the same moment. Maybe…
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