This weekend's box office fare includes some big-studio soul-searching—"The truth is out there," clamors The X-Files—but the truth might be better described as up there, balancing with French acrobat Philippe Petit on a tightrope between the late Twin Towers. Director James Marsh's inspired doc Man on Wire pays Petit the tribute of presenting his 1974 stunt as an achievement and not, as Petit peevishly
describes in the film, an opportunity for Americans to ask him why he did it. Silly us: We're still curious about the answer. Perhaps this is another case that calls for the talents of Mulder and Scully?
MATTHEW SCHNEIER
6:58 AM, July 25, 2008
Photo: Discovery Films
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