Where in the world am I today?: North Vancouver, BC, Canada
Since posting my review of “Man on Wire” last week I’ve had conversations with a couple of friends and their take on the film and on things that I hadn’t originally commented on…
One friend even shared with me a digital version of a brochure that Petit created after he had accomplished the coup August 7, 1974… Which is where the image above came from… Another had this to say –
“The astounding lesson for me was how abandoned his friends and his lover felt by the end of the mission. Petit seemed to have learned (and taught) many important lessons for performers and artists but not of life.”
The act of walking between the towers of the World Trade Center took an act of reckless abandon to achieve. Who in their right mind would walk a 200 foot cable strung 450 meters above the ground.
The rift in Petit’s personal relationships after ‘Le Coup’ seems to have been a different sort of act of reckless abandon and although he created history on the wire, one could ask if the price he paid by loosing such close friends was actually worth it. Fame is a fickle mistress, but the beauty of life long friendships will give you strength long after the Fame has faded…
