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Tonight I saw the movie "The Bridge". It's a documentary film on the Golden Gate Bridge and despite the focus of the film being on the numerous attempted (and some successful) suicides that occurred on the bridge during 2004, it really seems to be more of a piece on diseases such as depression, mental illness, etc. Being in the Bay Area, you almost feel like you have to watch it. Although it sounds callous, it didn't seem as disturbing as I anticipated (maybe I built it up too much?) while I was watching the movie. But, just like the fog, the after-effects are like creepers---it takes a while to process and then the disturbance seeps in. The images were hard to believe that such a thing was actual footage--or was it? I still can't decide, but also can't see how it couldn't. I was a little hesitant when deciding on whether to watch the film or not because of the nature of the topic---but in retro, I think it was more out of fear that I'd see someone I knew. It sounds odd, but the reality of it is that the Bay Area really isn't that big so you just never know....
