Chichester Cinema at New Park
Man on Wire
Back by Popular Demand
Winner of the Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2008.
On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman called Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between New York's twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After an hour dancing on the wire, with no safety net or harness, he was arrested and thrown into an underground prison. Man on Wire is the dramatic retelling of Philippe’s daring and illegal adventure, the artistic crime of the 20th Century.
British director James Marsh tackles this compelling subject in a fluid and stylish manner, blending colourful narrative and interviews vertiginous still photography and a reconstruction that owes something to nerve jangling heist movies (Influenced by Rififi). Gripping, dizzying and thoughtful, it’s the best British documentary since Touching the Void.
UK · 2008 · James Marsh · 95min
