A rope walker or dancer.
In alternating 20-minute segments I watched two movies which oddly complemented each other. Both were documentaries. “Man on Wire” chronicled Philippe Petit’s journey to the top of the Twin Towers in 1974 while “The Bridge” captured video and background stories of the numerous people who commit suicide jumping from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. In both films the protagonists aim to reach great heights but the relationship between these individuals and their chosen perils is different. It was a strange mix, and I believe that the two movies belong together.
