Performance artists have done a lot of audacious things in the name of art or to make a statement of some sort, whether personal or political, but high-wire artist Phillippe Petit will forevermore remain on the list for his daring and illegal stunt of running a steel cable between the two towers of the World Trade Center and crossing the void on the wire on August 7, 1974. Tempting death makes for compelling drama and director Robert…Read More