tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post4289537149731563075..comments2023-11-05T09:26:06.044+00:00Comments on Start The Revolution Without Me: Man On Wire - Philippe PetitPileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-79507657047576515592010-10-19T07:32:24.467+01:002010-10-19T07:32:24.467+01:00EF - Glad you liked it, a real winner isn't it...EF - Glad you liked it, a real winner isn't it?<br /><br />Anon - thanks for dropping by. I have to say the more I thought about it the more I was coming to the same conclusions as you. Others have commented above with similar thoughts. But check out the reply from Naz Nomad, he's a born and bred New Yorker, and no bullshit merchant, he says he remembers it happening. A weird one indeed! It is bizarre that there is no footage though, after all that time and trouble preparing it.<br /><br />PPileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-16730946039063597892010-10-17T22:11:24.157+01:002010-10-17T22:11:24.157+01:00Watch the director's commentary on the DVD... ...Watch the director's commentary on the DVD... the pathetic excuse they give for there not being any FILM footage of the event, is that even though the team did take up a 16mm movie camera, whoever was supposed to use it (I forget which one it was) had allegedly tired his arms out so much from hauling up that heavy wire, that he couldn't even hold up the film camera. But COULD hold up a still camera. Yeah right.<br />How heavy could the wire have been? No mention of two people being required to carry it up the stairs at any point. But even if they DID need two people to carry it up the stairs, surely those two people could have fairly easily pulled it all back up the side of the building - IF it ever fell down in the first place?<br />The fact that there is no film footage tells me that it's a fake. You simply don't go to all that effort, years of planning, only to have some douchebag complain that his arms are too tired to hold a film camera. Come on. It's bullshit. Couldn't he just have sat down and rested the camera on his knees then, if his arms were too weak to hold a camera?<br />Read the review on IMDB which is where I first heard about the possibility that it might all be a fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-56322978266794335312009-09-03T20:45:14.613+01:002009-09-03T20:45:14.613+01:00Thoroughly enjoyed this with my favourite bit the ...Thoroughly enjoyed this with my favourite bit the comical concealment from the security guards by hiding under some tarpaulin on the way up to the top! <br /><br />I was also amazed at some of the other landmarks Philippe had conquered and the reaction of onlookers, the Sydney Harbour bridge being pretty spectacular.<br /><br />Nice post Piley.E F RICEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323043569136307149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-40411431342999017942009-08-19T23:24:41.934+01:002009-08-19T23:24:41.934+01:00anon - have to say it put a seed of doubt in my mi...anon - have to say it put a seed of doubt in my mind too! But thank the Lord, Nazz has popped by to confirm the whole thing, Phewww!<br /><br />Nazz - Bless you Sir! Thanks ever so much for putting us out of our misery. Very interesting recolections there, a great insight. You're a star fella!<br /><br />Cocktails - I know what you mean... the shine had gone slightly for me too... and the more I thought about it, the more I could see that maybe it was one giant hoax... so pleased that it wasn't though, and I can now re-watch it and enjoy it safe in the knowledge he really is telling the truth.<br /><br />PPileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-58094312776159523542009-08-19T10:33:53.117+01:002009-08-19T10:33:53.117+01:00I thought that I had commented on this before (but...I thought that I had commented on this before (but clearly I WAS just thinking about it!). The comments have been fab on this post and I went through a very 'emotional' time reading them.<br /><br />I loved the doco, didn't think that it was fake although I was a bit suspicious of the lack of footage of the actual walk. So I was disturbed and shocked by ISBW's assessment and almost... almost began to agree with her. However, I am now completely and utterly relieved by Nazz's assertion that it was true. It would have completely ruined the film for me otherwise! Phew.Cocktailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06091341579556869010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-79927882630892379092009-08-17T19:35:42.599+01:002009-08-17T19:35:42.599+01:00Oh, he DID make the walk accross the towers.
I d...Oh, he DID make the walk accross the towers. <br /><br />I do remember it (as yer "noo yawk" connection). It was all over the news for days.<br /><br />I actually remember viewing the towers as they were being built a couple of years earlier.<br />You must keep in mind how fucked New York City was in the 70's (they touch upon this in the story).<br />The city was broke, crime was epidemic and there was very little evidence of "fun city" to found.<br />When Petit made his walk, there was more of an outcry over how dangerous it was, more so than what a fantastic and miraculous stunt it was. The city had no sense of humor regarding this and they were ready to throw him in jail for a long time until cooler heards prevailed. <br /><br />It really is unbelievable that Petit made it across... the winds are fierce and of course, one slip...<br /><br />He was interviewed on the David Letterman show last year and still appears to be the same crazy f$cker who undertook this stunt.<br /><br />A couple of years later, another daredevil... George Willig (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Willig) actually scaled the south tower!<br /><br />Over the years people tried to jump from the towers with parachutes and hangliders as well.Nazz Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03722964855836770177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-52009726846075605592009-08-15T10:08:10.332+01:002009-08-15T10:08:10.332+01:00i have a agree with i should be working, my first ...i have a agree with i should be working, my first reaction was where is the footage, not just a few fake photo's (maybe)<br /><br />He did a walk between the Sydney Harbour Bridge and there is video footage of this "walk" again he kneels/lays down, but i'm still not convinced. <br /><br />Oh well if he did, he has huge balls to do it, and if he didn't then he has had a living off of it anyway, so well payed either way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-33464227769488052692009-08-13T18:19:28.220+01:002009-08-13T18:19:28.220+01:00Heff - you still not got BBC2 over there yet dude?...Heff - you still not got BBC2 over there yet dude??!<br /><br />ISBW - my you have a suspicious mind!!! and you've got me bloomin thinking now!!! Ahhh!!! What we need here is a Heff or a Wil to confirm they remember this from their childhood... even better, we need a New Yorker like Nazz Nomad, if it happened he'll remember it... HELP Nazz!<br /><br /><br />Mondo - don't let this one get away! You can pick up the dvd for pocket money over on amazon... less than a fiver. Hey, do you know this is the SECOND time you have made reference to 'touching cloth' in a comment on my blog??! Something you need to share with us fella??!<br /><br />Carl - haha! yes, i hadn't thought of that! Must of had to factor in the extra wind for them 'knee-drops' he were wearing! As above, less than a fiver from amazon... a bargain. unmissable.<br /><br />PPileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-16928956814289517812009-08-13T16:48:42.333+01:002009-08-13T16:48:42.333+01:00What impressed me was that he did that walk in fla...What impressed me was that he did that walk in flared trousers. Now i grew up in the 70's and i remember what it feels like having the wind blowing your lional blairs around. Imagine that while on a high wire between the twin towers ???. Incredible stuff, sadly i missed the programme too although i had ear marked it as a must watch. A ballsy guy.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402464043384154528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-24377581595581000672009-08-13T14:11:20.245+01:002009-08-13T14:11:20.245+01:00MOW has been on my must view list for a while now,...MOW has been on my must view list for a while now, having been obsessed with the twin towers in the in the 70s - but was away when it aired. Still buzzed up for it though<br /><br />Ps Have you heard they're making a sequel to Touching The Void - it's called Touching The ClothMondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199468951602465556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-90841562815387183542009-08-13T09:44:19.882+01:002009-08-13T09:44:19.882+01:00I thought this was an amazing film, but I also had...I thought this was an amazing film, but I also had a very odd personal response to it - I wondered if I was watching an exceptionally well made fake! There was no doubt that the films of him practicing as a younger man were genuine, but they seemed so professionally made for a bunch of kids playing around with a camera. The one made on the day seemed similarly well constructed, which surprised me given the intensely emotional state they were all in at the time.<br /><br />I also (typically egotistically) felt sure I'd have been able to remember some news reports of this from the time - I'd have been eleven in 1974, and generally have very good recall of things I saw and read back then, but I have no memory of this happening at all, and nor does anyone else I've spoken to.<br /><br />I've obviously read too many conference papers on 'suggested memory', but it did occur to me that it would be a fascinating exercise to spend thirty years working on constructing a faked event, and then convince people retrospectively that it actually happened. This kind of thing would be perfect, especially given the emotional power that the Twin Towers later came to represent.<br /><br />Then I just had a quick word with myself and decided not to be so bloody stupid. Even my Clinical Supervisor looked at me strangely when I told him my 'theory'.Kolley Kibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07055145770836351738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-81021039225118597342009-08-13T05:19:18.758+01:002009-08-13T05:19:18.758+01:00Gotta say I missed it, lol !
Would've like to...Gotta say I missed it, lol !<br /><br />Would've like to have seen it though, mostly for the possibility of catastrophe ! Those people are NUTS !Heffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396114362826135207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-42647008706497610292009-08-12T22:36:45.975+01:002009-08-12T22:36:45.975+01:00EF - Whoops! Sorry fella! Thought I must be the la...EF - Whoops! Sorry fella! Thought I must be the last person to watch it by now... erm... or maybe I lied... mabe he DID fall off... there, that's got you guessing now eh??<br /><br />Martin - Didn't Peter Duncan have a go at tightrope walking when he was on Blue Peter?? Think he's still with us tho!<br /><br />PPileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540380685492699957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-70832358243923242702009-08-12T22:26:32.948+01:002009-08-12T22:26:32.948+01:00As someone who get dizzy just standing on tip toe ...As someone who get dizzy just standing on tip toe I can't help feeling I'd find it all a bit heavy going watching this. Still, hat's off to him he's obviously made of sterner stuff and got a bigger sense of adventure than me. I've been trying to think of the bloke who featured on Blue Peter a few times and eventually fell off somewhere. This was some while ago as I a fairly young kid at the time. Hopefully Mr Petit will have better luck.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938831260403899842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47636629640428119.post-31244048429992612882009-08-12T21:59:59.995+01:002009-08-12T21:59:59.995+01:00You bugger Piley, I have this taped and also notic...You bugger Piley, I have this taped and also notice it is on Virgin Catch Up 'poor man's Sky Plus !' and cannot wait to kick the girls out of the lounge to watch it.<br /><br />Really fancied this when I saw the original trailers and your post has increased the buzz to a major scale. Will report back once viewed.E F RICEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323043569136307149noreply@blogger.com