Philippe Petit is out of his mind. Might be in the slightest of ways, but nonetheless, crazy. Man On Wire, the buzzed about 2008 documentary about Petit's plan to walk a wire between the World Trade Center Towers in 1974, is most certainly not crazy. In fact, it's utterly captivating. Director James Marsh accompanies this magical story with abstract recreations that add an extra surrealism to the already unbelievable event. More importantly, Marsh captures the beauty in the emotions that Petit's team and he, himself, experienced in turning dream into reality. Passion, lust for adventure, terror, doubt, relief...I can be just as skeptical as the next cynic, but watch this and it's kinda hard to not buy into the "follow your dream" and "anything is possible" moniker...get at it!
"If I die, what a beautiful death!"
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