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The Alpinist
Why this pick
Like Man on Wire, it turns an audacious real-life physical feat into intimate, escalating suspense, balancing breathtaking scale with the singular mindset of an artist-athlete.
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MOVIE2008 1h 34m GBR
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Why this pick
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The Dawn Wall
Why this pick
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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Why this pick
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Project Nim
Why this pick
James Marsh again combines archival material and striking reconstruction to create a probing, emotionally uneasy portrait of ambition, performance, and the human urge to cross boundaries.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century"
02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
David Forman
Himself
Philippe Petit
Himself