Every step of "Man on Wire" is to face death

Orin 2022-12-24 02:29:22


This is a documentary. Don't expect too much of the picture quality. But the film is real, emotional, and moving.
When he stood on the steel rope between the twin towers, the excitement expressed from the oral interviews with his partners was very touching! It is also the climax of the whole film.

On the steel rope, every step taken, every step forward, is facing death. It takes much courage to step on the steel rope, and it takes more courage to dare to face the air under your feet and take the death dance!
Yes, it's a dance step. As the protagonist himself said, standing on the steel rope is like standing in the middle of the stage. The steel rope is the stage, fully performing oneself.
As the protagonist said: If you don't dare to try, then life is really monotonous. I can't stand this kind of life.
admire. Ashamed. Inferior.

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Extended Reading

Man on Wire quotes

  • Philippe Petit: If I die, what a beautiful death!

  • Philippe Petit: Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope.