Although built for 3D thrills and busy with the business of a biopic, Robert Zemeckis’s “The Walk” shares a story with James Marsh’s sublime 2008 documentary “Man on Wire.” The Oscar-winning latter grafts taut suspense of just how the ebullient Frenchman Philippe Petit pulled off his 1974 wire-walk between the World Trade Center towers onto existential discussions of artistic achievement and true friendship.
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Although built for 3D thrills and busy with the business of a biopic, Robert Zemeckis’s “The Walk” shares a story with James Marsh’s sublime 2008 documentary “Man on Wire.” The Oscar-winning latter grafts taut suspense of just how the ebullient Frenchman Philippe Petit pulled off his 1974 wire-walk between the World Trade Center towers onto existential discussions of artistic achievement and true friendship.