In 1999, James Marsh made a slow and impressionistic film adaptation of Michael Lesy’s beautiful book Wisconsin Death Trip. He followed it in 2005 with an oedipal Elvis tale entitled The King, starring Gael García Bernal and William Hurt. Now he’s back with a new documentary Man On Wire, the extraordinary story of Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers.

Watch the trailer here

Hear the NPR review here