Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Walk, Movie....Wire Walking Between The Famous Twin Towers...My Heart Was Coming Out....Tension...

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Dhadak dhadak...my heart was banging inside me loudly...it is long time since I felt so afraid while watching a movie! This movie, 'The Walk (2015)' is based on a true story and I love movies based on true stories! The story is about how an ordinary 24 year old Frenchman Petit, who was a juggler/street performer, walks across the Twin Towers (World Trade Centre)in New York on 7th Aug.1974.  He walked on a steel wire tied illegally overnight from the top of one tower to the top of the other tower, holding a 25 kg pole which weighed 25 kgs. This, he did without taking any safely measures.  He was particular about it.  He refused to do so when his mentor, Papa Rudy (Ben Kingsley) suggested it. His friends also were very ordinary people from different walks of life.  He was there, walking on the wire at sunrise for 43 mts. kneeling down, bending and looking at his admirers, walking to and fro to escape from the police on top of the towers...it is real thrill watching him and he had a smile on his face all the time.  It was his dream come true, but for us who are watching the remake of the scene, it was fear and admiration for the man.   Watch the trailer first.  More than half of the movie is about how these normal people plan and the rest is how his dream comes true.  I seemed to breath properly/normally, after it was over.  I didn't know anything about the movie, didn't know the end too and I have vertigo too:). So, it was a real 'dhadak dhadak' movie for me!

Read more after watching the movie in Prime (Amazon). 




You can imagine after watching just the trailer, how scary it was to walk on a steel cable wire in mid-air.

Joseph Gordon Lewitt who has acted as Philippe Petit is an American and had to learn colloquial French.  He learnt some wire walking from Petit himself.  Wiki says:

"Gordon-Levitt, who had no formal high-wire experience, trained directly with Petit. By the end of the eighth day, he was able to walk on the wire by himself, and continued to practice while shooting. Along with a stunt double,  the actor shot the climactic wire-walking scenes on a sound stage; it had reconstructions of the top two stories of the tower and a wire approximately twelve feet off the ground, which was connected out across a green abyss and was anchored on a pole. To learn more about what it was like, Gordon-Levitt also walked the distance between the World Trade Center memorial's two pools, which are located where the Twin Towers stood before the September 11 attacks. He visited the original observatory once before, in 2001, during his first summer in New York City. "It was touristy but I wanted to go do it. I remember it distinctly. It felt more like being in the sky than being on a tall building."

Petit made random friends who came into his life one by one which is shown nicely in the movie.  They went on top of the Word Trade Center often as workers, visitors etc. to learn the ropes.  I liked the way they showed how this idea sparked in his mind of wire walking between the Towers which are 450 ft. above the ground.   It was scary to watch the morning fog blinding the wire when he was walking.  The 3D picturization is superb.  The director, Robert Zemerickis has done a superb job.  Until I watched the movie, I didn't know that tall structures sway slightly during strong winds.  Joints in between the wires...you should watch the movie to know what I am talking about! It is superb!

This is the great man, who walked in the air, Philippe Petit
(Pic.courtesy: Wikipedia)

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14 comments :

Ramakrishnan said...

Thanks Sandhya for the exciting review. The trailer really rivets you to your seat. Looks like an electrifying thriller !

Sandhya said...

RAMAKRISHNAN RAMANATHAN: Thanks for the first comment, Ramakrishnan! Yes, it was very good..that was the reason I wrote the review immediately!

Destination Infinity said...

Will try to watch it sometime, thanks for the review. The trailer is great :)

Destination Infinity

Locomente said...

Though I watch almost mo English film,s your interesting review makes me want to check this out!!! Good one Sandhya!!! :)

Sandhya said...

DESTINATION INFINITY: Thank you, Rajesh!


LOCO MENTE: Thank you, Loco mente! I admire this man!

ashok said...

Have to watch it whenever I can..Thanks :)

SG said...

Very thrilling.

Bikram said...

I too watched the movie a few weeks ago and was impressed.. It was a Good movie ..

Bikram's

Sandhya said...

ASHOK: Please do!


SG: Yes, it was! Watch 'Arram', a Tamil movie, SG. The dialogues ep. are very good. Well-made with a good subject.


BIKRAM: Yes, thank you, Bikram!

Radha said...

Hi Sandhya, long time since I visited your blog. Will look out for this movie. I saw a movie too after a long gap, The Post, that was also very good.

Sandhya said...

RADHA: Happy to see you here, Radha! I am planning to watch 'The Post' too, somebody else also recommended. 'Tumhaari Sulu' was good. Watched yesterday in Amazon Prime

Rahul Bhatia said...

A lovely read Sandhya! Would now like to see the movie as soon as I can!

Rama Ananth said...

I have also seen it, very good

Sandhya said...

RAHUL BHATIA: It was really a very good movie. Watched in Amazon! You will definitely love it!


RAMA ANANTH: Yes, it was very good! Thanks for the comments, Rama!

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