Brilliant and muddy, pain and ease.

Bernadette 2021-12-01 08:01:27

[Poet who conquered a wonderful height] The

first time I knew Philip Patty was through a documentary-MAN ON WIRE.
After many years, some of Philip's words are still engraved in my mind.
He said that life should be on the verge of danger, people should resist death and should not follow the rules.
He said that whenever he goes to a place he likes, he wants to hang a steel cable there.
He said that wire walking is a kind of art, and he wants to be a poet who conquered a beautiful height.
Such people are geniuses and lunatics, legends and mysteries. Such a person, although we try to understand, we can't understand. Walking a tightrope at high altitude, the first thing I thought of was not thrills, excitement, or madness. It's death. When the documentary shows Philip's wire crossing the Petronas Twin Towers, it uses photos, "peaceful, calm, serene", which is the beauty of stagnation and the beauty of white space. The audience uses their imagination to paint a thrilling picture, each note is a trembling steel wire.
At a height of 400 meters and a light blue sky, the people looking around shrank into the size of ants. The lone steel wire passes through the twin towers, and Philip in black seems to be in the clouds, walking, kneeling, lying on his back, dancing, and paying homage. The wind was blowing, the hair fluttered, the corners of his clothes fluttered, and the steel wire quivered, but he couldn't move his peaceful and calm expression. He is a poet walking high in the sky, and this performance is a poem he dedicated to the world.
My imagination was fortunately restored by "Walking in the Clouds".


[Love Letter to the Twin Towers]

Philip's story, directed by Zemikis, starring Jon Cerf-this is a lineup that I cannot resist.
Although there are surprises, I am rather disappointed in the whole film. In other words, people who have watched the documentary "MAN ON WIRE" are not suitable for watching "Walking in the Clouds" again. Because he is so familiar with the story, even if the director plays with flowers, he won't be too touched, not to mention Zemicis's lead is quite satisfactory. The first half of the story is lukewarm, and the development is slow and long. After the pace of the second half is accelerated, it feels like a thief movie. The emotional drama was supposed to be short and concise, but it ended in a sloppy way.
There are two surprises, one is the perfect restoration of Philip's twin tower tightrope, and the other is the twin tower elements that can be seen everywhere in the whole film. So that everyone would think that this is a love letter to the Twin Towers.
In 1968, Philip saw the twin towers under construction in the newspaper of the dental clinic. As he said, there was no reason. The moment he saw it, he decided to walk a tightrope there. He called it the coup. . Under the cover of a sneeze, he tore off the page of the newspaper and hid it in his clothes. At the same time, the decision took root in his heart. He was practicing, paying attention, happy, and anxious. Girlfriend Anne said that the twin towers are like being built for Philip, because Philip had made a decision six years before it was completed.
I saw a post in 11 years, the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 incident-before and after the twin towers. Sorrowful. The twin towers of the World Trade Center no longer existed, and only the heritage park and the two blue pillars of light that rushed into the sky at night.
The permanent pass that says "forever" has also lost its place of ownership forever.


[Genius and lunatic]

Jiao Cerf tried very hard to imitate Philip's speaking style, practiced his speed of speech, intonation and body movements. He did a good job of "likeness".
Unfortunately, I can't see the slightest "likeness". Jiao Cerf's eyes were very bright, full of vitality and vitality. Philip's eyes are also very bright, but they are always shining with the essence of nuts. He is a lonely conceited madman, not a positive energy legend with the American dream. He didn't walk the tightrope in the twin towers to fulfill a dream, "there is no why", just think like that, and then do that. This is his way of life, this is his attitude to life.
Always put life on the edge of danger, and then resist death.
Speaking of this, it seems to understand that the film avoids talking about his performance after becoming famous, so that the relationship with Anne ends inexplicably. "You have found your destination, and I should go find mine." There is no foreshadowing and no hint, such a reason is not convincing.
The real Anne said, I accompany him all the way, watching him enjoy success and fame, and then some things change quietly, so I choose to leave. This is the real reason.
This is a love story that couldn't be more realistic, but it still made me burst into tears.


This road is full of glory and mud.
In this life, there has been pain and ease.
To Philippe Petit.

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Extended Reading
  • Jillian 2021-12-01 08:01:27

    like. Sometimes people still need to stop and look up and let the lively and obsessive French sprinkle a bowl of chicken soup for you.

  • Coleman 2021-12-01 08:01:27

    The desperate, even selfish Philip, fulfilled his dream, and also fulfilled the dreams of others and spectators. However, the tickets that are always valid have not survived the collapse of the Twin Towers. I have watched the documentary, and I really feel that the film is too decent and lacking in highlights. 3D has nothing to do, but there is a lens that pokes the eyes and is very disgusting.

The Walk quotes

  • [last lines]

    Philippe Petit: You remember Guy Tozzoli from the press conference, one of the men behind the creation of towers, he loved the walk, and he gave me a pass to the observation deck, so I could go any time I wanted. And I went there many times, alone. I would find myself there looking at the void, to see how the thought comes back. How the feeling returns. Because it was a beautiful day.

    Philippe Petit: And you know this pass I was given?

    [holding up the card]

    Philippe Petit: Well, these passes they have a date on them. A date when they expire. But on my pass, Mr. Tozzoli, he crossed out the date and he wrote on it: FOREVER.

  • Petit's Father: [sigh] My son, the circus clown.