Posted on 01/19/2005 9:46:47 AM PST by TenaciousZ
Golden Gate Bridge officials are seething that a moviemaker who told them he was working on a "day in the life" project about the landmark was, in fact, capturing people on film as they jumped to their deaths.
Eric Steel initially told officials he planned to spend a year filming the "powerful and spectacular interaction between the monument and nature" and that his work was to be the first in a series of documentaries about national monuments such as the St. Louis Arch and the Statue of Liberty. That's how he got the Golden Gate National Recreation Area's permission to set up cameras on parkland overlooking Fort Point.
Now, however, Steel has revealed in an e-mail to bridge officials that the cameras -- which were operating almost continuously during daylight hours for all of 2004 -- filmed most of the 19 jumpers who went off the bridge last year plus a number of attempted suicides.
Apparently, that was the point all along. Steel says his goal is to "allow us to see into the most impenetrable corners of the human mind and challenge us to think and talk about suicide in profoundly different ways."
"Are we angry? Absolutely," said bridge district spokeswoman Mary Currie.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
The real reason they are upset is that the victims expressed angst about the Bush victory before they jumped.
"Excuse me, sir? Before you jump, I was wondering if you would mind signing this release form..."
It's Bush's fault!
That is an amazing story. I am surprised no one did it before.
Does that mean that the ones that "attempted suicide" expected to be killed after they jumped, as opposed to the others??
When did Bush and Condi Rice know about this?
"Are we angry? Absolutely," said bridge district spokeswoman Mary Currie."
What, for your own stupidity?
Probably means that they actually survived the impact (it happens every now and again), or were talked out of the jump. This is a sad article, on many levels.
JUMPER: "It's BUSH'S faullllllttttt!!!...(swoopsh!!!)"
JUMPER: "Damn HALIBURTONNNNNN!!!...(kerplunk!!!)
KERRY (pushed): "Did I mention I served in Vietnammmmmmm!!!...(croshfzzzt!!!!)
A new reality TV episode. Wouln't surprise me nowadays. Sick.
When I lived there in la-la land it was approaching 750 and ther was much editorial garbage about publicising the number as jumpers seemed to "aim" to hit "significant" numbers, i.e., even hundreds, 750, etc., ad nauseum---
you rarely hear about jumpers anymore in the Bay Area plus they put up big barriers on the side facing the City. It seemed like jumpers mostly jumped facing SF as opposed to facing the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean for some psychological gratification to see SF while dying....they rarely jumped on the Pacific side........
Libraries report that most books on suicide are never returned....
Blah blah. More vids for ogrish.com.
750 Dead? That bridge is a quagmire! We have to get out!
The radiant Mary Currie saw right through the X-rayed film being made; now she's literally glowing with anger.
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