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Article: Ian Rickson on James Marsh's 'Man on Wire'.(DIRECTORS ON DIRECTORS: Broadway's best tip their hats to 2008's most notable filmmakers)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- January 2, 2009
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I loved "Man on Wire." It transfixed me. I watched it with Kristin Scott Thomas at the Sunshine Cinema while we were previewing "The Seagull" on Broadway, and it was an ideal cultural escape. The director, James Marsh, found a seamless way of sewing together period footage, recreated material and personal disclosure with extraordinary skill. It really made me think about the struggles to make art that Chekhov was writing about in the play we were working on.
The wife and best friend of Philippe Petit, the high-wire artist, talked so movingly about the man they supported, and the strengths and weaknesses of his uncompromising ...
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