One of the best parts of the film is Petit himself. He's truly crazy. Crazily enthusiastic, more so. He narrates and gets on these fast-paced monologues that you can barely understand due to his thick French accent and sheer speed of how the words escape his mouth. He yells at the camera and stands up, acting out scenes.
The retro footage of free-spirits during the seventies and the whole way these people went about reaching this goal is told beautifully. The planning of how this ensemble would indeed walk between the towers is expressed as though a bank robbery was being planned. The ensemble ranging from Petit to his accomplices like Jean-Louis are sewn together, revealing the true feelings they hold for one another.
James Marsh could be a serious dark horse contender for my Best Director prize, once I see all the 2008 films. He makes what could have been a mundane topic into a thrilling story, put together in a beautiful, visual fashion. He gets the most out of the cast of characters (and they are characters, let me say). Overall, a beautiful, emotional and very fun yarn that is certainly one of the best films I've seen this year.
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You're right, it was spectacular.
That Petit guy sure is a sight to behold. I particularly enjoy how they avoided the whole 9/11 part of the WTC history.
It was a very classy touch that added an extra bit of melancholy to what already was brilliant storytelling.
True. I mean, we all know that the Towers no longer stand and the fact that that topic took on an elephant-in-the-room role made the film all the more poignant.
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