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    492. THE TWIN TOWERS ON FILM: MAN ON WIRE

    492. THE TWIN TOWERS ON FILM: MAN ON WIRE

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    The man of the title is highwire artist Philippe Petit, and the wire was secretly strung between the newly built North and South Towers of the World Trade Center for him to walk, dance, kneel, and lie on it 1,312 feet above the New York pavement for 45 minutes on the morning of August 7, 1974, in a wholly unauthorized feat that came to be known as the artistic crime of the century -- one that helped to humanize the Towers for New Yorkers who felt that they were ugly and overpowering. All charges were dropped against Petit, and the Port Authority gifted him a lifetime pass to the Observation Deck. James Marsh's fast-moving, upbeat, Oscar-winning 2008 documentary has the feeling of a great heist movie, with Petit as the featured chronicler. After September 11, Petit offered to walk the Towers again if they were ever rebuilt.


    1-3:30 p.m.                                                                                                       1 Session

    Thursday, September 11                                                                                  Fee:  $40



    ABOUT THE LECTURER

    Peter Josyph is an actor, a painter, a photographer, an award-winning filmmaker, and he has published 13 books.

     

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    About the lecturer(s)

    Peter Josyph

    Peter Josyph is an author, actor, director, and filmmaker whose films include: Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Acting Cormac McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thorton’s All the Pretty Horses; Shakespeare In New York: The Sonnets; and A Few Things Basquiat Did in School. His books include: Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; What One Man Said to Another, Talks with Richard Seltzer; and, The Wounded River, which was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book. He also excels in literary and film criticism.

    Lecture Details

    Program
    Fall 2025 Lectures
    Sessions
    1 lecture(s)
    Day & Time
    Thursday, 1:00-3:30
    Date(s)
    Sep 11, 2025