FILM IS THE STORY OF PHILIPPE PETIT. WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN FRANCE HE SAW AN ARTICAL IN A MAGAZINE ANNOUNCING THE PLANNED BUILDING OF THE TWIN TOWERS IN AMERICA. THE THOUGHT OF THE TOWERS BEING BUILT CAUSED HIM GREAT EXCITEMENT AND HE STARTED MAKING PLANS.
PETIT IS A TIGHT ROPE WALKER, HIS PLAN WAS TO WALK A TIGHT ROPE PLACED BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE TWIN TOWERS.
THE FILM IS A DOCUMENTORY, IS FULL OF TENSION AND VERY GRIPING, THE FILM HAD ME WRIGGLING IN MY SEAT AT THE THOUGHT OF WHAT WAS BEING PLANNED. I COULD FEEL THE TENSION, THE SHEER EXILERATION AND THE SHEAR JOY I FELT WHEN WATCHING HIM ON THE WIRE WAS JUST AMAZING.
MAN ON WIRE. 1974. [DVD] DIRECTED BY JAMES MARSH. ICON FIIM
Quotes by PhilippPetit.
If I die, what a beautiful death! (Philippe Petit)
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