For such a movie, you must go to the cinema to watch 3D, otherwise you will not see it.
But this movie, in addition to the visual effects of bombing the eyeballs, also has the spiritual core of the soul. That's right, it wasn't a direct hit, it was an electric shock, and the body and soul trembled together.
1) This is an ode
to modern civilization. If you want to build a steel wire between the twin towers, you must first have the twin towers. To have the Twin Towers, there must be New York City. To have New York City, we must first have a highly developed modern civilization.
I still remember that the most shocking scene in "Gangs of New York" was a montage at the end of the film. I saw New York from a wild, grassy land, slowly rising out of roads, lights and tall buildings. This is the growth path of modern civilization. The filth and blood of gangsters lay the foundation for the brightness and brilliance of civilization. After two hundred years of development, New York City built the Twin Towers in 1974. New York is the largest city in the United States and the largest city in the world. In a sense, the Twin Towers represent the highest achievement of modern civilization.
Now you know how hard it is for Joseph's Pat to put a wire between the twin towers. In addition to being thoughtful and well-prepared, deceiving warehouse managers, coaxing elevator managers, deceiving security guards, stabilizing teammates, setting up precise, every second counts, dealing with emergencies, scare off idlers, etc., American independence is also required, and New York is built as a city. , gang fights, the rise of civilization, high-rise buildings, the completion of the Twin Towers and so on.
When he walked on the steel wire between the Twin Towers, he felt the support of the steel wire, the support of the Twin Towers, the support of New York, and the support of the entire modern civilization. He paused on the wire, gracefully expressing gratitude and awe for everything that supported him.
How heavy history and civilization is needed to support such lightness and elegance. Pat's walk is an ode to modern civilization.
2) This is a hymn to the human spirit
Naturally, people would ask him, "Why are you walking a tightrope between the twin towers?" His answer was simple: "When I stand in one of the towers, it feels like the other is calling me." This is reminiscent of George Marlowe The famous quote in the book: "Because the mountain is there."
Are they crazy, why risk their lives to climb Mount Everest and walk a tightrope? Yes, they are crazy. The advanced manifestation of civilization is that lunatics can be born, and lunatics can be tolerated. A civilization that doesn't breed lunatics is scary because it drives everyone crazy.
There's a very good bridge in the movie. In order to make his body feel the fishing line better in the dark, Pat took off his clothes and danced various strange dances on the top of the North Tower. The companions were relieved to see him dancing naked, because this is the lunatic that everyone trusts, and this matter will definitely succeed.
Humans come and go naked, all the things outside the body will disappear, only a ray of spirit will gallop and multiply. Crazy people and paranoiacs are often the ultimate spokespersons for a certain spirit of mankind.
There is also a very wonderful idle pen in the film. Early in the morning, when the steel wire was about to be erected, a man in a suit and leather shoes came to the top of the North Tower. He looked melancholy. He first paced to the side of the building and looked into the distance, then turned to look at Pat. Pat squeezed the pole in his hand, glaring at him, full of strength. After staring at each other for a long time, the strange man walked down the stairs silently.
Pat didn't know what the man was up to, maybe he wanted to jump off the building, or just look around. Judging by his expression, he seemed to have suffered some setbacks. There are countless people like him fighting for their dreams in New York, and it is these countless dreams that promote the development of urban civilization. Inevitably, there will always be some shattered dreams. In fact, there are only two choices for people to live, to die when their dreams are shattered, and to chase their dreams to death. This man standing in front of a strange man is burning with dreams about doing something that might kill him right away. Perhaps, Pat's anger gave him new strength.
This idle pen, that minute of quietly looking at each other, is the care and consolation for all the dreams in the city without a trace.
The strong walk in the clouds is a hymn of the human spirit. This performance art shows the mighty power, making the pessimistic move forward and the powerless strong.
3) This is a series of inquiries leading to nothingness
When Pat stepped on the tightrope, New York disappeared, the crowd disappeared, the Twin Towers disappeared, the history and civilization of the city, the ideals and spirit of human beings all retreated, and there was only one thing he faced, nothingness.
At that moment, he was a philosopher, and what he saw was only a steel wire, which was the source of all his support and strength. He stepped on the steel wire, questioned the nothingness with a series of steps, and answered with actions, how should life be? Walk gracefully in nothingness.
This philosophical proposition can be big or small, as big as the entire universe. How should human beings survive gracefully in the vast space? As a small person, how should you gracefully spend a long, lonely and cold night? Pat has steel wire, man has the earth, what do you have? A book, a pen or a ray of thought?
In fact, everyone on earth is a tightrope walker in nothingness. How many people still don't know where the steel wire is. Even if they find the steel wire, they may not be able to grasp the balance, or the steel wire suddenly and silently breaks, so they fall into the boundless nothingness and lose the grace of life. Life is the opposite of nothingness, and grace is the full dignity of life in the face of nothingness.
Walking in nothingness is real walking. When Pat finished walking the tightrope, he sat in the south tower and looked at the north tower. The north tower sent a deep call to him again, so he walked on the tightrope again. What kind of realm must have fascinated him so much. Su Shi's "Ode to the Red Cliffs" says: "As long as a reed is like, it will be dazed for thousands of acres. It is like Feng Xu controlling the wind, but I don't know where it will stop; fluttering is like being independent from the world, emerging and ascending to immortals."
Papa Te went back and forth on the tightrope several times. He had no fear at all, nor could he feel the pain in the soles of his feet. Zhuangzi's "Xiaoyaoyou" said: "If you take advantage of the righteousness of heaven and earth, and control the six qi distinctions to travel endlessly, he will be treated badly!"
Finally, Pat actually lay on the steel wire, he looked up to the sky, Shake hands with nothingness and saw a big bird. It is also reminiscent of the sentence in Su Shi's "Hou Chibi Fu": "It's half of the night, looking around is lonely. If there is a lonely crane, it will come from the east. The wings are like wheels, and the dark clothes and clothes are like a wheel. Also."
From graceful to carefree, Pat represents life, and completed a self-transcendence in front of nothingness. The whole soul swims freely between heaven and earth, and the steel wire seems to no longer exist.
4) This is a love letter to the Twin Towers.
When you mention the Twin Towers, you naturally think of 9/11, which is the pain of modern civilization.
Since 9/11, "World Trade Center" has faced the scene directly, and "The Kite Runner" has looked at events from the opposite perspective. In this film, 911 is not mentioned, and only the Twin Towers are discussed.
We cannot say that this is not a tribute to and consolation for the lives lost and devastated in the 9/11 incident and the civilization that was devastated. There is one detail. When Pat was dictating in front of the camera, he could always see the Twin Towers behind him. The only exception was the last dictation, where the Twin Towers disappeared. Pat told the audience that the architect allowed him to go to the roof at any time and changed the deadline to forever. Then, the camera turned right, and the Twin Towers were still there. The picture gradually darkened, and the Twin Towers gave off a dazzling brilliance. Everything is done in silence, which is the most affectionate and unmarked expression.
This is a love letter to the Petronas Twin Towers. It does not write about pain or joys and sorrows, but very cleverly describes a beautiful past that happened on the Twin Towers, a poem that walks in the sky.
Pat's walk gave life to the Twin Towers and gave them their soul. He used a steel wire to rhyme the South Tower and the North Tower, and with this beautiful poem, he made all New Yorkers fall in love with the Twin Towers, and he made himself fall in love with New York.
The twin towers are like the last two lines of this sonnet, dazzling and powerful, pointing to the sky, leaving people with infinite melancholy. Fortunately, the silhouette of the Twin Towers was well preserved in the poem.
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