Tony Scott and the suicide paradox
Will Tony Scott's suicide inspire copy cats? Freakonomics says, "yes." Who's to blame? The media!
The Bridge is one of the most controversial, and disturbing films of the past decade. A documentary by Eric Steel that investigates the phenomenon of suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge, dramatically capturing a number of suicides on film. The link below includes the entire film, a service which the director offered as a public service—also presumably an effort to combat accusations of exploitation.
When action director Tony Scott leaped to his death this Sunday from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro at 68, folks speculated (wrongly) that he must have had terminal brain cancer. Some writers took the bizarre approach of suggesting some link between Scott and the Vincent Thomas Bridge itself.