Man on Wire
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Movie Reviews of Man on Wire
Movie Review: An Incredible Artist at Work!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved this movie, and it is a Keeper for me. It is better than I thought that it would be. This man is truly an artist. He has unbelievable balance control and better yet he knows how to stay focused passionately. Just think how much Focus and Confidence you have to have to pursue something like this. Could you do it? I also found the movie extremely interesting showing all of the planning that had to take place to make the event happen. The movie is not really about a Man on a Wire. It is about planning, dreams, passion, goals, developing skills, layout etc... I agree that there were scenes that were staged or reenacted, because they had to be. The actual events are real, and they grabbed me. My only disappointment was that he was arrested for being an artist and not bothering anyone. I can watch this movie again and again. It is Unbelievable and Real.Movie Review: Beautiful story - ravishing, touching, amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
In an era of brilliant documentaries, this one rises to the surface. Cream of the crop. Miraculously, M. Petit had decided to film his progress and practice as a young man, so we see not only photos and current interviews, but lengthy sections of original footage. It was absolutely captivating to see not only the high wire shots, but to see Paris and New York in the 1970s. As a 40-something who first came to know Paris and New York in this era, it was beyond satisfying to see honest footage of the places I love. The clothes, the hair, the people, the freedom, the attitude -- it left me so homesick for a time gone by. The interviews are intelligent, sensitive, and utterly heartbreaking. If you dare to watch this, be prepared to be pulled in, and to have this film -- and this man -- on your mind for many days afterward.Movie Review: "UNBELIEVABLE'
Summary: 5 Stars
Little wonder that "MAN ON WIRE" was judged Best Documentary by the Academy Awards. From beginning to end it is utterly amazing -- because it is a true story. It shows all that was involved for Phillipe Petit and his friends in stringing a wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center and then for Phillipe to walk on the wire from one Tower to the other.
It is impossible to believe that such a feat will ever be surpassed. And this film accurately and comprehensively reports the whole story of how it came about.
It is difficult to imagine how anyone could watch this and be disappointed. Phillipe is a bigger than life character who takes it all with a grain of salt -- in the midst of utter and total dedication.
It is a joy to recommend this highly.
Bob Balkam
Movie Review: Man on a high
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a superb documentary about Philip Petit's wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974. The documentary is clevely constructed and makes the film as exciting as many thrillers.
Contemparary interviews with the particpants adds enormously to the film, and the emotion that some of them still feel to this day is quite surprising and moving. The idea for the walk first formed in Petit's mind when he saw a newspaper article about the towers before they were built. Years passed before planning could start but eventually the detail fell into place.
There is a lot of original footage in the documentary, as well as reconstructions and material from his earlier walks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and others.
Fabulous.
Movie Review: No Doubt
Summary: 5 Stars
I usually hesitate before hitting that 5 Star choice. Not this time. On every level Man on Wire is a superb -- partly, and understandably, recreated -- documentary. In its stomach-churning tension of man alone in high places it reminded me of the otherwise very different Touching the Void from a few years back. Even more than the scary -- to us normal acrophobes -- wire work, Man on Wire is memorable for its humanity, for the innocence of the whole crazy idea, for the enthusiasm and excitement that Petit conveys even thirty years after the event, for the camraderie and support that enabled the act, and perhaps most of all for the loss of that once the deed was over. One of Petit's collaborators is overcome on camera recalling it all. Most watchers will be as well. Do not miss it.