Man on Wire
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Movie Reviews of Man on Wire
Movie Review: I Can't Believe It...
Summary: 5 Stars
I still, after seeing this movie, can't believe Phillipe Petite walked on a tight rope between the Twin Towers. How could someone be so crazy?
Even if you don't enjoy documentaries you should enjoy the footage at the end of the film of him accomplishing this amazing task. Here is a man practicing a skill his entire life he was so confident of he was able to walk a tight rope a quarter mile in the air. I love the shot of the airplane flying overhead when he's on the rope, seemingly right over his head. The footage is breathtaking.
It's also nice to see the Twin Towers in a positive way as the last reviewer mentioned.
Movie Review: A documentary equal to its subject
Summary: 5 Stars
Imagine this: a man stretches a cable between two buildings at a height of a quarter of a mile, walks out to the middle, and lays down on it. What kind of a man could do such a thing? That is the question director James Marsh asks, and answers, in this superb documentary.
In doing so, he skillfully blends present-day interviews with footage and photographs from the past and re-enactment that is so good it takes most of the film before one realizes that some of these scenes could only have been re-created with actors. This is documentary storytelling at its very best.
Movie Review: Amazing feat of engineering and imagination
Summary: 5 Stars
MAN ON WIRE is more like a thriller movie than a documentary. It builds to the point where you are on the edge of your seat. If we send things into space to show "others" who we are, this would be my choice. Man at his most creative, determined, resourceful, and generous. (By the way, as a New Yorker and as one who had an intimate connection to 9/11--my husband worked on the 105th floor of the South Tower, but was late that day--this film is not a downer; it's uplifting, and doesn't trade on the tragedy of 9/11 at all. Everyone should see it.Movie Review: FANTASTIC
Summary: 5 Stars
A MUST-SEE FILM, simply an inspiring, amazing masterpiece. ALSO READ PHILIPPE'S WONDERFUL BOOK; his story transcends words and transports you to a place of rare passion, beauty and possibility. Soaring! I remember this story just after it appeared in the New York Times back in 1974 and filed it away in my mind, wondering when the whole story might be told by the man who did it. Thank you Philippe for sharing your story with us in your own time. I look forward to meeting you some day... Highest regards (no pun intended), Matthew Cross, [......]Movie Review: Man On Wire
Summary: 5 Stars
Utterly brilliant documentary and narrative. The movie portrays the quasi-innocent caper of the century. The individual narrations are extremely well edited and well portrayed. The narratives border on being great acting performances. The action is built around an obsession to achieve an impossible goal - to wire-walk between the New York Twin Towers. The film uses the docu-history technique to build suspense leading up to the finale. When the caper is finally pulled off, the film is particularly moving in light of the Twin Tower destruction.