Man on Wire
If this documentary comes around to your town, go and breathe in the happiness. If not, put it in your Netflix queue.
Notice the smile. He's happy.
This man, Philippe Petit, had just one thing he wanted to do: walk a tightrope between the Twin Towers.
They hadn't been built yet. He waited.
It was illegal. He brought in accomplices.
"It's impossible. Let's do it!"
The artistic crime of the century: he spent 45 minutes dancing back and forth on the wire between the towers, one-quarter mile high, with cops on either side waiting to apprehend him. Unfortunately, I can only find pictures of him walking.
Under arrest. Still beaming.
chatastic, we were talking about movement? You have to see this man: just beautiful. There's one gesture... well, if it's the last image that flashes through my mind before I die, I'd go happily.
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