We should have rebuilt the Twin Towers | New York Post
from By Nicole Gelinas October 11, 2015
Robert Zemeckis’ “The Walk” will be a big hit. The director who made “Back to the Future” and
“Forrest Gump” knows how to make movies. But people won’t go to the film, which opened this weekend, to see a circus trick. They’ll go for one reason only: to see the real World Trade Center, the only way you can now.
Politicians who are confused about why the electorate is so angry should go, too — to see what the last 14 years looks like to normal people.
“The Walk” has a serviceable enough made-for-TV plot. It’s a “boy makes good” story: Young Philippe Petit dreams of being a tightrope walker. Through talent and persistence, he succeeds, picking up a pretty girl and a band of plucky brothers along the way. He makes global headlines when he walks the void between the towers of Notre Dame in Paris, 30 stories up.
But there’s no blockbuster here, save for the real prize: New York’s Twin Towers. The World Trade Center, circa 1974, is not a prop in this 3-D film, but the star.
In a Paris dentist’s office, Philippe sees a magazine photo feature of the towers under construction — and stops cold. ...
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