Poetic Documentary: How accurately does this mode of documentary apply to James Marsh 2008 production, Man on Wire?
The 2008 British American production Man on Wire directed by James Marsh is a biographical documentary film on Philippe Petit, a French high-wire artist attained attention from the public after his hour high-rise walk between the two “Twin Towers” in New York City in 1974, an artistic crime of the century. Documentaries are nonfictional motion pictures that provides factual report on a particular subject which are often used to express and reveal unusual, interesting, fascinating, and unknown angle topics. Although Man on Wire is a informative non-fictional documentaries, it documents both the story and emotion in a poetic approach which categorizes its mode. According to Bill Nichols, the poetic mode of documentary moves away from the "objective" reality of a given situation or people to grasp at an inner "truth" that can only be grasped by poetical manipulation and emphasizes visual associations, tonal or rhythmic qualities, descriptive passages, and formal organization favours mood, tone and texture. Poetic mode very accurately applies to James Marsh production, Man on Wire that contains elements of lyric poetry such as emotional intensities, musical qualities, religious aspects, and aesthetic facet.

Man on Wire prioritizes the emotional aspect of the story that was conveyed through both Philippe and his friends. Philippe expressed his thrill and