I remember watching this film in junior high school. The movie is short, but it has a good message: don't ignore signs of suicide. Matt and Bart are two young men whose close mutual friend Jack has just been buried. Jack died in car wreck, we know that much, but is there more to it than that?
Larry Wilcox is excellent as the introspective Matt, he remembers problems in Jack's past and his depression. As he digs deeper and deeper in his thoughts and remembers possible clues Jack was giving about his problems and loss of enthusiasm for life. Was Jack really suicidal?
I think what the movie is trying to say is that it's always hard when something is a suicide rather than an accidental death. When someone dies by a means other than suicide, there's an answer. When it's suicide, there's always questions we ask ourselves. We ask if we could have stopped it, or if we could have done something. Sometimes those little extra things can make a difference: like stopping, listening and valuing what the person is saying, and alerting others.
I think the movie is simply telling people not to ignore the signs of a suicidal person. Suicide may very well be something that can't always be stopped. Maybe, though, listening to a suicidal person and doing extra things to help, sometimes can make all the difference in the world.
Larry Wilcox is excellent as the introspective Matt, he remembers problems in Jack's past and his depression. As he digs deeper and deeper in his thoughts and remembers possible clues Jack was giving about his problems and loss of enthusiasm for life. Was Jack really suicidal?
I think what the movie is trying to say is that it's always hard when something is a suicide rather than an accidental death. When someone dies by a means other than suicide, there's an answer. When it's suicide, there's always questions we ask ourselves. We ask if we could have stopped it, or if we could have done something. Sometimes those little extra things can make a difference: like stopping, listening and valuing what the person is saying, and alerting others.
I think the movie is simply telling people not to ignore the signs of a suicidal person. Suicide may very well be something that can't always be stopped. Maybe, though, listening to a suicidal person and doing extra things to help, sometimes can make all the difference in the world.