tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post7564904254323780341..comments2023-10-22T09:53:27.978-04:00Comments on Desert Year: Boy InterruptedGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-17021298566137166602009-12-05T17:30:15.950-05:002009-12-05T17:30:15.950-05:00I saw this documentary a few months ago and I thin...I saw this documentary a few months ago and I think it is well done. The documentary also interviews the boy's young friends (well, they are in college at this point) and I was so glad that they thought to include this perspective--the impact on one's young friends. <br /><br />Another documentary on this subject matter is "The Bridge", which is about the Golden Gate Bridge. This documentary is not for everybody so for anyone interested in it, please read about it first. But it is a very honest and real look at suicide. And the interviews with the filmmakers are also worth watching, since this piece raises some ethical concerns (at least it did for me).Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209983044831733937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-5906466097458364592009-12-05T08:33:01.469-05:002009-12-05T08:33:01.469-05:00Thanks for including the post. I was struck by the...Thanks for including the post. I was struck by the comment that the family hoped for closure and that they found that that was not the case. How true. How true. We never "close" on losing a child, we "carry." Peace.caitsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526920268165723942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-8922831966069176672009-12-04T23:35:46.020-05:002009-12-04T23:35:46.020-05:00Well....a clergyperson, or any person, could say s...Well....a clergyperson, or any person, could say something like, "Tell me about it."Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7516914894527254464.post-50306956227810909692009-12-04T22:56:11.775-05:002009-12-04T22:56:11.775-05:00I saw this on HBO several months ago. When I reali...I saw this on HBO several months ago. When I realized what it was about, I wanted to turn it off, but I somehow could not. As you know, I have my own history of being suicidal and will always live with the dissonant yet distinctive pattern of that desire somewhere in my brain. I watched it in part as a parent and in part as a sufferer and in part as a pastor, wondering what in the world a clergyperson could possibly say other than, "Holy God, I'm sorry this has happened to you."<br />Gunther's review does a very good job of summing up the qualities of the movie. It's a family of film-makers, not only the mother and father but the father's first wife (the mother of the older brother). Their lives have been about recording things. It's natural to them in a way it wouldn't be to 99% of the population.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.com