Robert Zemeckis’s 3D occupy on Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the twin towers takes truth and turns it into a cartoonThe Walk opens by announcing that it’s based on a true chronicle. This is indeed true: as anyone who has seen James Marsh’s Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire – approximately Philippe Petit’s dare-devil trip on a tightrope between the twin towers in 1974 – knows. After watching Robert Zemeckis’s 3D retelling, you’d be forgiven for thinking it never actually happened. Related: The Walk: Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on recreating the final high-wire act Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com