Photo: Magnolia Pictures Considering the preparation it took Philippe Petit and his band of co-conspirators to make ready his famed walk between the newly constructed World Trade Center towers in 1974 you would think when asked why he did it the answer would be more than a laugh and a smile followed by, "There was no why." As it turns out, that answer is actually what makes Man on Wire so intriguing. The events of 9/11 make it impossible not to take the falling towers into consideration when watching this film. However, as Man on Wire begins and we see archived footage of construction crews working to build the two 1,300 foot towers we are instantly introduced to a renewed perspective of the Towers. The towers were constructed for business and economic purposes only to be destroyed in an act of terrorism. But for Philippe Petit they became a lifelong dream ever since...
- 9/3/2008
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Nearly seven years after 9/11, it's ironic, and oddly comforting, that the criminal most closely associated with the World Trade Center is arguably a French tightrope walker who inched his way between the towers more than 1,300 feet in the air.
Philip Petit was arrested for his 1974 feat and still describes himself as a criminal, but was sentenced to community service - a walk over Belvedere Lake in Central Park.
He was a huge celebrity, a hero, and the Port Authority, which owned the towers, considered his walk a publicity coup for a pair of enormous, ugly buildings that had trouble attracting tenants.
Petit...
Philip Petit was arrested for his 1974 feat and still describes himself as a criminal, but was sentenced to community service - a walk over Belvedere Lake in Central Park.
He was a huge celebrity, a hero, and the Port Authority, which owned the towers, considered his walk a publicity coup for a pair of enormous, ugly buildings that had trouble attracting tenants.
Petit...
- 7/25/2008
- by By LOU LUMENICK
- NYPost.com
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