Feat. Philippe Petit
Magnolia Pictures, 2008
Man On Wire often had me feeling like I was on a wire. Philippe Petit a very courageous man who shared his stories of doing what he loved. Petit loved to walk across a tightrope many feet above the ground. He would spend hours practicing in a field with his friends. A couple of places he walked across were between the towers of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and across the Sydney Harbor Bridge in Australia, but the biggest challenge he gave himself was walking across the Twin Towers in New York City. Being 1,792 feet in the air, walking across a metal wire with nothing to protect yourself if you were to fall is scary to even imagine. Petit was all for taking on the challenge, of course he had his second thought and was nervous but it didn't stop him at all. As he walked across he stopped in the middle and would preform tricks. He leaned back, sat on the wire, and even laid on the wire. Some would say he had a death wish, but it was all about reaching and completing his goal.
I enjoyed watching this film a lot. Hearing him tell the story was very interesting, but he also had people that were there throughout his journey. The way everyone talked about the event with so much emotion helped the audience of the film really grasp all the thoughts and feelings that everyone was having while helping Philippe train and complete his biggest goal. Not all biographies are interesting and fun to watch, but this now was. This film is one that I would recommend, it keeps you at the edge of your seat watching him preform all those walks at such a high altitude. The only slight downfall to the movie was that the story was told very slowly, but besides this was a great film.
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