Man on Wire (2008)

Rigging a wire between the Twin Towers requires reconnaissance, equipment and people willing to keep an extraordinary secret. James Marsh gives Philippe Petit's 1974 walk the preparation-and-infiltration rhythm of a heist. Interviews, archival material and staged reconstruction supply different pieces of that plan. A comparatively buoyant choice for viewers who want suspense without a murder investigation, although the height and the risk remain vividly present.