Kellyn and I went to see Man on Wire this evening and it did not disappoint. I had high expectations—as the trailer gave us both goosebumps—and usually that's room for disaster. That was the case when I saw The Dark Knight. A fine piece of filmmaking but nowhere near brilliant.
However, this documentary was everything I expected and more … Brilliant! Spectacular! Mesmerizing! Unbelievable! Exhilarating! Astonishing! Inspiring! Beautiful! (Insert emphatic statement here __________ )! You get the point. There isn't one word to describe it.
The story of this tightrope walker, Frenchman Philippe Petit, and how he schemes to walk across the two towers of the WTC takes you further than you might expect. Although being an American you can feel it, there is no mention of 9/11 and there shouldn't be. This is about one man—not as crazy as you might be quick to assume—and his dream. How can you cover 90 minutes about a man who walks between the WTC towers? You reenact the scenes leading up to the event, explain every detail, and cut between interviews and old footage. We were fully engaged and wanted more. Even if you know how it ends, you can't help but feel goosebumps at the moment you see him up there. Kellyn cried. My eyes welled up. It was beautiful and totally unexpected.
Watch the preview and go see it.
The poster does not lie
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3 comments:
A huge hoax. Obviously all CGI.
Reenactments were CGI but everything else was real. You're trying to get me and it won't work. Go see it!
Maybe I'll got see it... in two months when it finally comes to the theaters in Argentina with Spanish subtitles :)
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