James Marsh and was said to be the most visually thrilling film of the festival, with its archival footage and re-enactments relating how Petit crossed the 1348-foot-high divide on a tightrope back in August, 1974, shortly after the World Trade Center was completed. While we marveled at the training, the concentration and sheer courage that made this achievement possible, we couldn’t help but notice that Philippe didn’t seem to have many thoughts and thanks to dispense to his team of American and French assistants (Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Jean-François Heckel, Barry Greenhouse and David “Donald” Foreman) that made the stunt possible. This reality was indirectly conveyed through the team members interviews interspersing the film. This was quite disturbing and showed that Petit’s huge ego left no place for anything but an incredible talent of balance and concentration
Monday, January 28, 2008
Man on wire
This movie was one of the last two we saw yesterday at the Sundance Film Festival. This is Philippe Petit’s story, the French high wire artist who gained fame for his illegal walk between the former Twin Towers in New York City on August 7, 1974. The documentary which received up both a Jury Prize and an Audience Award in the international documentary category, is directed by U.K-based filmmaker 
James Marsh and was said to be the most visually thrilling film of the festival, with its archival footage and re-enactments relating how Petit crossed the 1348-foot-high divide on a tightrope back in August, 1974, shortly after the World Trade Center was completed. While we marveled at the training, the concentration and sheer courage that made this achievement possible, we couldn’t help but notice that Philippe didn’t seem to have many thoughts and thanks to dispense to his team of American and French assistants (Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Jean-François Heckel, Barry Greenhouse and David “Donald” Foreman) that made the stunt possible. This reality was indirectly conveyed through the team members interviews interspersing the film. This was quite disturbing and showed that Petit’s huge ego left no place for anything but an incredible talent of balance and concentration
James Marsh and was said to be the most visually thrilling film of the festival, with its archival footage and re-enactments relating how Petit crossed the 1348-foot-high divide on a tightrope back in August, 1974, shortly after the World Trade Center was completed. While we marveled at the training, the concentration and sheer courage that made this achievement possible, we couldn’t help but notice that Philippe didn’t seem to have many thoughts and thanks to dispense to his team of American and French assistants (Jean-Louis Blondeau, Annie Allix, Jim Moore, Mark Lewis, Jean-François Heckel, Barry Greenhouse and David “Donald” Foreman) that made the stunt possible. This reality was indirectly conveyed through the team members interviews interspersing the film. This was quite disturbing and showed that Petit’s huge ego left no place for anything but an incredible talent of balance and concentration
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I want to thank you for your blog. This is Jim Moore. I was Philippe's right hand man in NY.
He is sometimes so wrapped up in his 'projects' that he forgets to acknowledge his fellow helpers.
However you should know that the book from which the movie is based had a nice dedication to me in it.
i was quite surprised. I haven't seen the movie yet but I am excited to see it as it has gotten a lot of good press.
Take care.
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