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Second is Carmen (1949), which distils all the drama of eroticism, love and revenge within Bizet's opera down to to a single act and embodies within its title role the astonishing stage charisma of Petit's wife Renée (Zizi) Jeanmaire for whom the ballet was created.
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This mid-career classic is followed by two of Petit's more notorious ballets.
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The apolitical Man on Wire, which chronicled Phillipe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers, told a poignant, lyrical story about the boundlessness of man's audacity and passion.
Linda Flanagan: Why Is Exit Through the Giftshop Nominated for Best Documentary? Linda Flanagan 2011
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The evening opens with L'Arlésienne, Petit's 1976 adaptation of the Alphonse Daudet tragedy about a a recently married woman who discovers that her husband is still haunted by his love for a beautiful young girl from Arles.
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The apolitical Man on Wire, which chronicled Phillipe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers, told a poignant, lyrical story about the boundlessness of man's audacity and passion.
Linda Flanagan: Why Is Exit Through the Giftshop Nominated for Best Documentary? Linda Flanagan 2011
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In 2003 we were graced with Mordecai Gerstein's sublime presentation of Philippe Petit's extraordinary tightrope stunt between the towers in 1974, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.
Monica Edinger: 9/11, Children, and their Books Monica Edinger 2010
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I was vexed as to how to show what was happening on both roofs the night of Mr. Petit's coup.
A Studio Blossoms Downtown Steve Dollar 2011
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The story of tightrope walker Philippe Petit's illegal high-wire act at the World Trade Center.
A Studio Blossoms Downtown Steve Dollar 2011
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Petit's city is a place of civility and romantic beauty; of booksellers by the Seine and flower sellers outside the parks and on the bridges; of river barges, palaces, churches, fountains, monuments and cathedrals.
Looking Inside and Out William Meyers 2011
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The apolitical Man on Wire, which chronicled Phillipe Petit's 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers, told a poignant, lyrical story about the boundlessness of man's audacity and passion.
Linda Flanagan: Why Is Exit Through the Giftshop Nominated for Best Documentary? Linda Flanagan 2011
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