#4 We just watched this on Netflix streaming. You should too!

Man on Wire

The Film: Man on Wire

Man on Wire isn’t perfect, but it is damn good. It follows a man who walked across a metal wire between the World Trade Center towers in the seventies.

It is really cool to hear the story, but the film feels a biiiit long. Also, the reenactments are kind of silly and there is actually no close-up footage of the man going across. Too bad.

Why to watch it: The act itself is amazing.

Something so absurd deserves to be seen. Philippe Petit, the hire-wire walker, is a truly unique man and his talent and passion is invigorating.

Pay attention to this: Philippe Petit’s focus while on the wire.

Great men and women have a level of focus and dedication that are hard to explain to us mere mortals. To commit oneself to something so powerfully, with all one’s soul and body, it not easy.

Nothing of the sort will ever be done again, but I can’t help but feel a better analysis of the man could have been done by someone like Werner Herzog. This is Herzog’s world. The film is great despite its “heist” elements….you’ll know what I mean.

Watch this right now when you get home from work or school or whatever it is you’re doing….you should be watching this instead.

And if you don’t have Netflix streaming….buy it. It costs the same as a shot and a beer at your local bar.