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	Man on Wire

abailart

1-31-2009 11:02 AM

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man on wire, philippe petit

abailart says:

I have just watched the film. Astounding, beautiful, inspiring, a celebration of the human spirit. It is not only a witness to a remarkable event, it's also one of the most lovingly and skillfully crafted film I am likely to see.

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1-31-2009 11:41 AM

balthazarus

i second this! A great story indeed...

1-31-2009 12:12 PM

carrerinyes

I'm speechless!

1-31-2009 12:50 PM

tidbit2

I meant to watch it at the mobile cinema a while ago but it slipped by
Seems the daredevil planned his whole life for that feat

1-31-2009 2:05 PM

abailart

tidbit, you will be amazed by the 'why' he did it, but don't want to give anything away. One of the producers of the film is BBC Storyville so I feel it will appear on TV before long. I watched it on dvd which came out this month.
@ carrerinyes: the whole film elicits a beautiful and wonderful silence in the heart.

2-3-2009 7:31 PM

reimers

it almost seemedlike more of a great heist movie than a social, cultural, or even historical documentary.

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