Back to the Future. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?. Forrest Gump. The Polar Express . Robert Zemeckis has been directing boundary-pushing movie classics for the past 30 years.
For his latest trick he's retelling the story of Philippe Petit's astonishing tightrope walk between New York's Twin Towers in The Walk, pulling the audience 1,300 feet into the air for a dizzying 3D high-wire stunt alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Digital Spy caught up with Zemeckis for a wide-ranging chat about vertigo sufferers (allegedly) throwing up after seeing The Walk, his scepticism about Vr crossing into filmmaking and why Back to the Future 4 will never happen.
When did you know this was a movie you wanted to make?
"I came across Philippe's story when I saw a children's book called The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, it had beautiful illustrations of his adventure. That was it. I just thought, 'Oh my god!' Then I...
For his latest trick he's retelling the story of Philippe Petit's astonishing tightrope walk between New York's Twin Towers in The Walk, pulling the audience 1,300 feet into the air for a dizzying 3D high-wire stunt alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Digital Spy caught up with Zemeckis for a wide-ranging chat about vertigo sufferers (allegedly) throwing up after seeing The Walk, his scepticism about Vr crossing into filmmaking and why Back to the Future 4 will never happen.
When did you know this was a movie you wanted to make?
"I came across Philippe's story when I saw a children's book called The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, it had beautiful illustrations of his adventure. That was it. I just thought, 'Oh my god!' Then I...
- 10/4/2015
- Digital Spy
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