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GW Bridge, at Night -- A view like one from the movies

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Channel: Faissal aka Md. Faisal Halim · 2009 · People & Blogs

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The George Washington Bridge, at night -- I had a view like one from the movies. Of course, my digital camera was not able to capture the bridge, and its roving light, in all its glory.

I am putting up this video primarily to store it for a future occasion, because I loved that scene.

Of course, my liking that view, combined with my vantage point (on one of the highest points on that building), combined with the anticipation of seeing a meteor shower, combined with the exhilaration of having climbed up (literally) to that vantage point, combined with the vertigo of being on a sloping rooftop (though, slightly) while looking down at an injurious drop altogether made for such a wonderful experience, I think this video has significance for me that is well beyond my words. Unfortunately, that significance will probably be lost on anyone else who might choose to watch this video. Perhaps, then, I have most fittingly chosen the soundtrack that goes with this video: it is the second (and last) song played during the closing credits of the movie: "The Hurt Locker" (2008, released in 2009).

O, and yes, that feeling I got on the rooftop is a drug, and that rush I got up there may well be "a potent... addiction," as Chris Hedges is quoted in the movie (though, he was talking about war).

P.S. Please excuse the distortions (widening) of the still pictures in this video. The motion capture was fine.

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