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Man On Wire

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:02 pm
by roymond
The story of Philippe Petit's triumph over the World Trade Center towers is at times terrifying to watch. And equally hilarious. Directed, in spots, in the fitting style of a slapstick bank robbery juxtaposed with comic portraits of his accomplices, it also illustrates the spiritual divide between the artist and the crew and how it changed him in a very different way.

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