If the documentary about Philippe Petit's extraordinary high-wire walk between the World Trade towers in 1974 is half as compelling as his book, To Reach the Clouds, then it will be well worth seeking out.Man on Wire premiered at Sundance last week, where Petit and the director, James Marsh, were in attendance:
The film was admired by Nick Fraser, editor of Storyville, the BBC's documentary strand. Let's hope we get to see it in the cinema or on our TV screens before long.
In the meantime, I can highly recommend the book, the story of a meticulously planned and executed act of defiance in the face of death that is all the more powerful and poignant now. As Fraser reports, in the Q & A after the screening of the film: "A New Yorker in the audience is close to tears as she explains how wonderful it is to see images of her city from that time. 'It was so nice to see the towers were going up rather than down,' she says."
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