Very Happy
I plan to keep this DVD in mind as I age. I don't think that people have to die the HARD WAY!
A man on a mission to end his suffering
Craig Ewert, a man stricken with a condition that will eventually provide him with a long, slow, pain full death has decided to take the matter into his own hands. He chooses to travel with his wife Mary to Switzerland where under the most extreme circumstances, assisted suicide is legal. While there, he is interviewed and approved.
The film shows life in his last days, visiting with his children and conversations with his wife. He breaths from a ventilator, so each breath he takes is a struggle. The law states that he must take the medication under his own will to kill himself, so he has planned to drink an overdose of sleeping medication. As the days count down to his end, he worries that he will lose his ability to drink under his own power, and not be able to go through with it.
The end of the film is the hardest part. Not because of sadness for someone dying, but because with the cameras there, it almost feels intrusive at this point. Zooming in on the face...
Frontline takes on the tough topics
This one isn't easy to watch, but it provides empathetic view on a difficult topic - showing what it's like for both the people afflicted with debilitating terminal illnesses, as well as those who love and care for them.
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