Man On Wire

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Man on Wire Documentary The documentary, Man on Wire, is about a young French-man—Philippe Petit—who illegally tightropes between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974. This miraculous feat is done with just a handful of men and a young man’s dream. Philippe sees the wondrous towers on a magazine cover while visiting the dentist. He briskly tears the page out and leaves the doctor’s office, knowing this is what he is meant to do. He starts to prepare for the tremendous obstacle ahead of him—breaking into the towers to “hook up” the wire. They prepare by making models and going to see the tower and taking pictures, so they can better find the place to fasten the wire. They notice wind, so they help Philippe train to stay on the wire while his accomplices (friends) jumped on it. The documentary interviews Philippe and his accomplices and he tells the audience what it was like having to hide out and illegally cast a wire on the Twin Towers. He proudly boasts how it was nothing anyone had ever done. Philippe’s girlfriend explained that the sight from below was breath-taking and beautiful as she watched him lay on the wire. The act was both terrifying, yet wonderful. Many watched in wonder as Philippe did the impossible. This true story grips you from the beginning, telling of the daring adventure set out before this group of people. The music enlightens the thoughts and ideas of Philippe and sends the eerie sensation of getting caught on the towers amid the audience. The interviews are particularly interesting because of the many different views of what was happening. Philippe describes what it was like under the tarp and hiding from the guards while also—later on in the sequence—telling about how wonderful it feels to walk on the wire, like walking on air. His girlfriend, talks mostly in French, describing the beauty and how it’s like he was meant to

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