"The Tightrope Walker" adopts a pattern of intersecting black and white pictures and color pictures. Black and white and color are successively intersected. The pictures are separated and combined to spread the story of 34 years ago. The interviews with photos and characters reproduce the point of the time. Bit by bit, a cross narrative in time, reproduces the process of Philip conquering Notre Dame de Paris, the Australian Bay Bridge and the headspace of the World Trade Center in New York. Despite the difficulties, even if some friends give up halfway, any difficulties cannot prevent Philip from wanting to become a leader. The person dancing on the top of the world, for him, is to do what he wants to do, and don't let his life have regrets. I can't forget that Philip was naked in the headspace of the World Trade Center at night and touched the thin lines. I can't forget that he was looking down at the ground on the wire in the headspace of the World Trade Center. His provocation to reality and death finally fulfilled his dream. The content of the film is substantial. Philip’s feelings, life, and friendship balance the boringness of the film as a documentary. Still sticking to Philip’s ordinary words and childhood dreams, many people will fill their lives with rational points of view. This is terrible. His rationality will make his life dull and tasteless, just like when Philip conquered the heights of the World Trade Center, many reporters asked him, why did he do this? Does a person stick to his dream still need scientific answers? Just like the role played by Tilda Swinton in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", she conquered the ocean when she was 62 years old, even though she had a slight shadow when she was young and insisted on dreaming, that's it Simple.
Recording movies has the most essential feature, that is, realism, there is no gorgeous commercial film, there will be no artificiality of literary film, it always records the truth, many people think that this kind of film is empty and boring, but in fact it is not, it is shocking. At the same time as the soul, it also makes up for our persistence in our dreams. The soundtrack in the movie is also very exciting, mainly based on piano and string music, and reproduces the events of the year through real scenes. They prepare for every step of the dream. Every difficulty experienced was solved in the face of persistence. The process of scene reproduction seems to be somewhat different from the standard documentary style. In fact, it also fills in the film's narrative gap, so that the overall rhythm is compact, novel and not lacking in authenticity. . "The Tightrope Walker" will literally make many people cry, facing Philip's dance in the World Trade Center, but also we will think of Philip at that moment as ourselves, looking down at him-looking at the world from a different perspective When the time comes, I will respond with a cheerful smile.
In the movie, a historical event that has been over 30 years old is not shown as a single person by Philip. In the movie, we see his lover and the help and support of his friends to fill his dreams. Impossibility, under the decisiveness of the dream, they worked hard, they pursued, and the warmth was like boiled water. Although the end of the film is a bit bleak, the end of love, and the departure of friends, it also hurt Philip. 30 years later, they still have an unforgettable memory for Philip. Not only this tightrope walker, but also his attitude towards life, rejecting life is in danger. You must resist, do not follow the rules, never stop, and constantly regard life and dreams as challenges, and you will become a tightrope walker.
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