Man on Wire

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:45:27 +0800

A Man on a Clandestine Mission and a definite purpose !

This documentary touches my heart! Very happy to know that if you truly know your dream, you can achieve it :)

On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world’s tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released.

Following six and a half years of dreaming of the towers, Petit spent eight months in New York City planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, Petit was faced with numerous extraordinary challenges: he had to find a way to bypass the WTC’s security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan…

James Marsh’s documentary brings Petit’s extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as “the artistic crime of the century.”

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I Am Legend

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:18:29 +0800

"It's really quiet here.....if you could just listen...."

"My name is Robert Neville. I am a Survivor living in New York city. I am broadcasting on all AM Frequency. I will be at South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky.

If you are out there, if anyone is out there...I can provide food, i can provide shelter, i can provide security. If there's anybody out there, anybody, please...you are not alone."

----the most chilling scene

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable...and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City...and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected" - victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path.

For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while, the Infected lurk in the shadows, watching Neville's every move, waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.

What I like:

a) Feeling like the last man in New York city, roaming the barren streets and not knowing what you gonna find or do

b) Sunlight is precious

c) "I am a Survivor living in New York city. I will be at South Street Seaport everyday at mid-day, when the sun is highest in the sky....."

d) Will Smith playing golf on the wing of the Blackbird

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Man on Wire

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