The Movie Diorama The true story of a man, just one individual, walking across the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Yes, Philippe Petit had the audacity to disobey the law and chase his dream, thus consequently creating an inspirational life story that I'm sure will reinvigorate many. The Walk, obviously depicting the grandeur of the stunt, also dabbles into his backstory and how he found his passion for being an artist. An underlying theme throughout the plot, Petit wasn't just an entertainer, he viewed his displays with a sense of artistry. Exuberantly confident yet fiercely determined, Zemeckis once again has produced a whimsical tale that ensures you experience an array of emotions. Gordon-Levitt's performance of the central character was phenomenal. A perfect French accent to accompany his commitment to the act of high-wire walking, he became truly captivating. The supporting cast were good with Kingsley being the most noticeable. The vital aspect to the film is the visual grandeur which increasingly induces acrophobia as the stunts become more death-defying. Zemeckis puts this at the forefront, particularly during the twin tower walk, where the breath-taking heights feel both nauseating and illustrious. I can only imagine how enthralling the 3D would've been, I may have to give it a watch next time. The story was well paced and mostly focussed on the infiltration of the World Trade Center which felt reminiscent to classic Chaplin films. An endearing tone of clumsiness entered the narrative, especially when the plan stumbles occasionally. The main problem, which surprised me given Zemeckis at the helm, was how heavy-handed the narrative was conveyed. The over reliance of narration and the fact it took a biographical route (as the film is told through a flashback), meant that there were no thrills. Any issues that occurred during the stunt automatically negated any excitement, because we all know how the film ends due to the narrative structure. Ultimately, a disappointing aspect to what is a high flying biopic.

Robert J. Maxwell Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Phillipe Petit, the young man from France who walked across a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center when construction was almost finished in the early 1970s. Not only did he walk across, he walked across the yawning chasm four times. Well, 3.8 times. And he survived to become a celebrity for a period and earn a place in the book of world records.It's far from a stark drama. It's more of a caper movie along the lines of "Never on Sunday", a salubrious blend of comedy, irony, and suspense, a realization of one man's fantasy. Petit relates his tale directly into the camera from the torch atop the Statue of Liberty. He makes no jokes but he's amusing because he demonstrates his exasperation when something goes awry and he does it the way a child might do it. Quelle nuisance! What eece that veesitor doing op here at theece hour of the morning! The police officers who occupy the roofs of both towers while Petit is in the middle are equally amusing: "We got a couple of Frogs up here." I can understand how Petit could walk the wire between the two towers. He's good at it. It's much harder to understand how he managed to organize and pull off this stunt ("the coup") and how he managed to recruit his handful of assistants and supporters ("accomplices"). They're a varied lot, these accomplices. Half are French and half are American. Petit meets one of them for the first time in Paris, Jeff, an aspiring photographer and artist, who doesn't believe in the sanctity of art or the privileged position of the artist. "Hah, so you're an anarchist!" "Every artist is an anarchist to some extent." (That's the kind of conversational exchange you're far more likely to hear in Paris than in Dubuque.) I've been using the word "suspense" a little freely. "Tension" might be more apt. After all, we already know Petit pulled it off and lived to tell the tale. The guy is admirable, even though his obsession made him difficult to work with. And I suppose many artists want to do some Big Thing, some memorable (even if ephemeral) work of art. Gutson Borglum must have been flooded with self satisfaction when he finished the faces on Mount Rushmore. In the mid-1970s Christo built a fabric wall 25 miles long through Sonoma and Marin Counties in the San Francisco Bay area. About the same time someone tried to mount a huge rubber balloon of King Kong on top of the Empire State building but unlike Phillipe Petit, King Kong fell. Petit had the better central pattern generator.

thejcowboy22 After watching this Acrophobia filled experience. I was left with my heart palpitating and my back was soaked from sweat. I wanted to turn away from the large screen but instead I amerced myself focused on our daredevil walker who kept on tormenting my senses. Over my many years of watching the cinema I've had a passion to watch alarming,unnerving, filled with shock value movies. I can't answer why I watch these films but I keep on searching for more of that genre which will probably keep me up for the rest of the night with covers over my head. This eager Frenchman who is about to attempt a coup as he calls it . Gathering his cast of characters to attempt the high wire walk between the World Trade Center towers. I was totally impressed with the work of our star Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Phillippe Petit. Now much older Joseph who I remember as the boy in the hit TV show Third Rock plays the part flawlessly with ease as the jaunty Frenchman who's goal is to walk some 200' across the twin towers buy August 1974. From working in a circus in Europe as a boy under the tutelage of his Father Papa Rudy played by the very distinguished Academy Award winning actor Ben Kingsley, Papa teaches young Phillipe how to tie knots and rope rigging which will comes in handy for his most outrageous profession. As the movie progresses as told by Phillippe as our narrator he meets his girl friend also a street performer Annie played by Charlotte Le Bon. Love the reality of a typical couple in New York always fighting as the goal of the walk get ever so close. Bumps in the road are the norm as accomplice after accomplice gather in one goal. Phillippe our pesky rope walker fills his obsession from that faithful day in the Dentist's chair when his vision/epiphany of walking across the twin towers was born. Other participants involved,Clement Sibony as Jean Louis, Cesar Domboy as Jeff. Ben Schwartz as Albert and Steve Valentine as Barry Greenhouse. I was overwhelmingly impressed with the cinematography mainly the visual effects as if you, the viewer where up on that rope some thousand feet in the air. The use of the clouds floating by at the beginning of the walk as you say to your self that's not so bad, and then a clearing of the city below with a crowd of ants, People watching up word in horror. Extremely sobering experience. My personal nature is to expedite a project and be done with it but not in this movie which frustrated me as our lovable flying Frenchman milks the opportunity for all the world to see.Bravo to Danusz Wolski for his direction of photography and to the hundreds of employees in the visual effects department. One thing I'll always remember is that Petit never walked alone. You the audience walked right alone with him.

Kirpianuscus a strange word for define a perfect movie. not only as inspired adaptation of a real case. but for something who remains out of words. the performance of Joseph Gordon - Lewitt is the first example. the music. the cinematography. the emotional storms of a character who reminds Hugo of Scorsese. emotion and French flavor and the scent of spy films. the circus and the challenges. Ben Kingsley as the perfect piece for impeccable equilibrium of a film who gives all - feelings, message, miracle, humor , tension, a magnificent fairy tale in new terms. a confession - film. this is its basic virtue. and one of the most significant motifs for see it.