Every artist is an anarchist

Raphael 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Philip kept telling people that he was an artist, not an acrobatic clown.
In his first meeting with one of his associates, he said:
Every artist is an anarchist
(if I remember correctly)
anarchism, an idea of ​​absolute freedom. In the 1960s and 1970s,
anarchist organizations and trade unions, large and small, proudly preached their slogans to save the world.
Compared with Marxism, it is a hot spring for artists.

This is the movie. Philip shows hysteria everywhere.
Paranoid , fascinating and
embarrassing
A kind of recognition, but also a ceremony.
I came here to pursue my dream, this is my freedom
You arrest me just because of a city, a country's system

But Philip, always free.
Anarchists have never meant to hang high above social issues
because Philip chose to stay in New York and stay in Central Park to walk the tightrope.

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The Walk quotes

  • Papa Rudy: Most wire walkers, they die when they arrive. They think they have arrived... But they are still on the wire. If you have three steps to do, and if you do those steps arrogantly... if you think you are invincible... You are going to die!

  • Philippe Petit: [atop the south tower for the first time] I find myself standing on an island floating in mid-air... at the edge of the void. And of course, I automatically look at the opposite tower. But now, I had to dare... to look... Down. Now I know what the void is. I'm a wire-walker. The void is my domain. But not this void. But somehow I gather the strength to whisper, whisper so the demons won't hear. It's impossible... But I'll do it.