# suicide in film

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-in-film/178579>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 30, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-in-film/178579 "2003-05-30T17:28:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-in-film/178579/61 "2003-06-02T14:53:22Z")

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Oh yes, and there’s an _attempted_ suicide in **Dr. Zhivago**.

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**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suicide-in-film/178579/62 "2003-06-02T15:32:21Z")

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Some of these are direct, others gestures, plus a few allusions:

Pollock  
Vincent and Theo  
High Art  
Basquait  
Rumble Fish  
The Outsiders  
Down and Out in Beverly Hills  
Amadeus  
Fame  
Hurlyburly  
The Last Emperor

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