The Joy of Life

     

The Joy of Life2005

Genre: Documentary, History
The Joy of Life is a 2005 experimental landscape documentary by filmmaker Jenni Olson about the history of suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge, and the adventures of a butch lesbian in San Francisco, California. Since its January 2005 premiere at the… more »


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Living in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge for me is a ubiquitous reminder of what's best and worst in this world. On the one hand it stands as a triumph of engineering and spectacular art deco design. On the other hand it's a terrifying, almost apocalyptic structure - a man-made steel cliff that serves as a virtual end of the earth for the desperate souls wanting to leave this world with a flourish. Or as Jack Kerouac more poetically phrases it, "ole' Frisco with end of land sadness."

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