Softwing
Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Invaderbank
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
Seraherrera
The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Zlatica
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
cricketbat
Man on Wire is a well-made and beautiful documentary that plays out like a mainstream heist film. Philippe and his tightrope team are completely insane, but their passion for doing what they love is contagious.
albertoveronese
James Marsh's Man On Wire is a marvelous cinematographic moment. Philippe Petit's very first vertiginous step on a steel cable anchored at a height of 1,368 ft (417 m)) transcends the laws of man's commonly acknowledged senses and defies how every one of us experiences existence. It's all about human immensity - It reminds me the first powered flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, but first and foremost it calls to mind Lumière brothers' first public screening of their short films in 1895, hand cranked through a projector. It's the extraordinary talent, the creative touch of filmmaker James Marsh in the making of Man On Wire that breathes new life into Petit's sublime walk in the sky. Despite having recourse to still pictures - a step becomes a walk, a walk becomes a dance, a dance becomes life of on a tightrope. Fine-grained clays, of which this motion-picture is made of, are the restored archival color footage and newsreel material, the captivating black and white photographs, the bright and sighted scenes reenactment, the lively present-day interviews and the perceptive use of music. - "It was a misty day, there was a little bit of air that morning." - "I had to make a decision... of shifting my weight from one foot anchored to the building to the foot anchored on the wire." - "Look a wire-walker! He's walking!" - "Something that I could not resist... called me upon that cable." - "It was so... so beautiful". Once more - It is James Marsh's commitment and profound emotional engagement to moviemaking that makes it possible. It is James Marsh's skill that arranges the polyphonic montage of visuals and voices, and directs their interactions. 7th August 1974, Twin Towers, New York City. Philippe Petit was 24 when he completed Le Coup. Philippe Petit is still with us today - "There is no why."
SlyGuy21
Well I've still got a ton of backlog to erase from my DVR, so I might as well start here. This documentary probably wasn't made for people like me who don't take a lot of risks with their lives, but I can certainly see the appeal. It's an interesting story of a man following his dream and his friends helping his accomplish it. I didn't like it as much as "Amy", or "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room", but it was entertaining and even terrifying at times. Even if you're not into extreme stuff like this, it should still hold your interest and keep you entertained for it's short runtime.
Johan Dondokambey
The movie sure did a great job in coming up with a screen time duration of more than one and a half hours out of this story, which is not really supported with adequate footage. The approach sets the movie way back by telling the background of Phillipe Petit. The thing is, it's strange that the movie consists heavily of interviews and with less dramatization or narration. It makes the movie didn't feel like a movie, but instead more like an expose. Another weird thing to see is that not all the people interviewed has the story-telling instinct as good as Petit himself. His expressiveness brings the whole thing to life, even without enough footage of the feats he's done.