WNYC’s Sara Fishko had this to say after a Tribeca Festival screening of James Marsh’s documentary Man on Wire, about the high-wire artist and daredevil Phillipe Petit:
“I loved seeing Man on Wire. Phillipe Petit is a totally improbable, endearing character whose dream of walking a wire between the two tallest towers in New York began even before the towers were built! That he kept and plotted and finally realized the dream, years later, is a great story in itself. The touching interviews, and stock footage and re-creations that get us there are beautifully used, in the manner of a ‘heist’ film; but in this one the object is not a precious diamond, but a few dangerous minutes of sheer bliss for a man possessed.
The more interesting thing is that the film actually adds something to the culture, adds something to our memory bank. Those buildings, which we’ll forever associate with unspeakable tragedy, now rise again into a kind of mythical, magical realm.”
Here’s an interview with Marsh and Petit, when the film screened at Sundance:
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