Man On Wire

 

 My reflection on the 2008 Documentary "Man on Wire"

Was there one scene that stood out to you? Why, what emotions, describe it. 

The pieces of film shot from the actual wire scenes were breathtaking. The scenes where Philippe Peiti rigged and walked the Notre Dame Cathedral and the World Trade Towers were my favorite. Half of the time I wanted to hold my breath because I am seeing these images and pieces of video of this man who is 110 stories up in the air walking across a wire. It's amazing and terrifying, but there is beauty to it.  

What Surprised you about the film?

Two things surprised me, the art of wire walking of course was the first. I didn’t expect it to be an art that I found to enticing to watch. I'm not sure what it was, but I could not stop watching. The beauty of it makes you forget the danger of the act. The emotion all the people evolved expressed were also surprising. They were crying, and that's when you know how beautiful it really was to all the people there so see it in person. It’s so moving to see his friends and partners crying and weeping while explaining what they saw.

What questions do you still have after? Have any feelings popped up after? 

I wanted to know why their love story had the end there. That what was the biggest question I had at the end. Most people who ask, like all the new reporters did in the film, why he does what he does. I don’t ask that question; I get it as an artist. 

-Kayla Audrey