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Date: 27 February 2001
Summary: Pink Floyd's music lends itself to the art of film
perfectly.
Pink Floyd's music lends itself to the art of film perfectly. Visually
stunning, this film captures you from the moment it starts and keeps you
drawn in. "The Wall" can be enjoyed on many levels. For those who
haven't
seen it, you will be impressed by how well the film was made.
All who had a hand in this production did a great job. Director Alan
Parker
is a director who has ahead of his time. "The Wall" rivals many films
today
that try to blend animation and live action, this film flows in and out of
animation gracefully. One of the best things about this film is it's
design; designer Gerald Scarfe really puts you into the music. The sets,
props, and scenes are well crafted. Every scene has an artistic feel.
The
story comes from Roger Water, he took his idea and made it an album, a
film,
and one of the best traveling arena/theater shows, enough
said.
This film is best viewed in a theater and not that hard to find (usually a
midnight showing, or at an on-campus theater). If you are renting/buying
do
yourself a favor and see it in letterbox. The film is too claustrophobic
in
pan and scan; and you miss the presentation. Plus Gerald Scarfe's
brilliant
designs, were
meant to be seen as a whole.
If you like Pink Floyd, or just enjoyed the film. Try these other films
that Pink Floyd did the soundtrack:
"More", "The Final Cut", "Zabriskie Point", and "Tonight Let's All Make
Love
In London".
Date: 27 February 2001
Summary: Pink Floyd's music lends itself to the art of film
perfectly.
Pink Floyd's music lends itself to the art of film perfectly. Visually
stunning, this film captures you from the moment it starts and keeps you
drawn in. "The Wall" can be enjoyed on many levels. For those who
haven't
seen it, you will be impressed by how well the film was made.
All who had a hand in this production did a great job. Director Alan
Parker
is a director who has ahead of his time. "The Wall" rivals many films
today
that try to blend animation and live action, this film flows in and out of
animation gracefully. One of the best things about this film is it's
design; designer Gerald Scarfe really puts you into the music. The sets,
props, and scenes are well crafted. Every scene has an artistic feel.
The
story comes from Roger Water, he took his idea and made it an album, a
film,
and one of the best traveling arena/theater shows, enough
said.
This film is best viewed in a theater and not that hard to find (usually a
midnight showing, or at an on-campus theater). If you are renting/buying
do
yourself a favor and see it in letterbox. The film is too claustrophobic
in
pan and scan; and you miss the presentation. Plus Gerald Scarfe's
brilliant
designs, were
meant to be seen as a whole.
If you like Pink Floyd, or just enjoyed the film. Try these other films
that Pink Floyd did the soundtrack:
"More", "The Final Cut", "Zabriskie Point", and "Tonight Let's All Make
Love
In London".
Date: 12 February 2001
Summary: A Timeless rock Classic
Pink Floyd a group that knows no boundries when it comes to international
issues in their music. Obviously influenced by some twisted minds the
music
and video come together remarkably well and have you thinking about what
the
music means rather than just hearing the movie. I'm 25 years old and love
Pink Floyds music for what it is History in Rhyme.
Date: 19 January 2001
Summary: Have you ever felt it?
Has this ever happened to you? Complete and utter alienation from everyone
so much that you wind up shutting everyone out (and yourself in, in the
process)? A complete state of misanthropy (hatred, contempt and/or
distrust
of humankind, for those of you who don't have a dictionary)? The kind of
alienation from anyone, regardless of age, race, sex, or anything because
they truly are the same (F***ing human beings!)? Where even the ones up
high (the so-called "civilized") who've had everything handed to them on a
silver platter (both metaphorically and literally) are such utter scum
that
you can't tell the difference between them and the so-called lowest, who
have to dig in the dumpster for the day's food and scrounge your
hard-earned
money so they can drink or take drugs to numb the indignity of their
situation?
Have you ever been lied to for practically your entire life by almost
everyone around you? Not only by the bullies in your school/s, but even
by
your teachers, by the "Highly educated and therefore qualified" doctors
who
analyzed you, and even by the relatives you thought you could depend on
who
treated you like you were some kind of incompetent or invalid? And then
you
found out you were actually the exact opposite (not just above the
"average"
but even PAST that), and therefore you have trouble trusting the opinions
or
anything those around you may say or suggest?
Have you ever made the mistake of listening to people's views on anything
whatsoever and then found out that their actions were totally
contradictory
to what they said they believed in?
And, if you're a performer of any kind whatsoever (let alone a famous one,
be you a musician, comedian, actor, etc.), have you ever felt that kind of
alienation from those who dig your stuff? When most people take your
material totally differently from what it's supposed to mean? Like, when
you're being serious, they're taking it as the latest trend or maybe
you're
satirizing what you're really feeling? Or, on the other hand, you can't
stand your audiences anymore because you've gotten to that point when
they're so drone-like to you that it seems like they'd jump off a high
building if you said for them to do so?
Have you ever felt that kind of alienation where you can't trust anyone,
not
doctors, not religion, not your family, not even the hobbies you'd taken
up
since childhood, and even the drugs or alcohol (perscription or otherwise)
you took to cloud the pain while dealing with all this doesn't work
anymore?
You can't feel anything anymore, not for anything or anyone in the world,
except maybe contempt, to say the least. And so you shut everyone out.
EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!!! (Goodbye Cruel World)
But, in the process, you're so shut in that you can't talk to anyone and
no
one can talk to you because THE WALL you've built is too thick for anyone
to
get through and too thick for you to break through as well. And, even
worse, when you're tired of the alienation and you want to come back, even
for a visit, you feel like you can't; not only because THE WALL is too
thick
to break through, but also because you don't feel anyone will understand
what had happened to you. (Is There Anybody ... Out There?)
Well, if you've never felt these things, I'm not sure if you can really
understand this movie on a personal level. But, at least the main
character
finally breaks through, so there's a happy note. Another happy note is
that
the makers of this film are concrete evidence that you're not the only one
feeling that way.
That's how I take this film and the album anyway. Excellent!!!
P.S. Read also "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath. Same basic concept,
different metaphor (even though it came out way before "The
Wall").
Date: 3 December 2000
Summary: greatest music video!
The Wall is to me my most worshiped film/musical of all
time,and
forever will be.
Gerald Scarfs animated hammers and characters are fantastic.
There should be more albums like The Wall as now everything is to similar
now.Originality is fading!
stephen welch. 03/12/00.
Date: 18 November 2000
Summary: they don't make films like this anymore
i can't think of any other american film in history that can compare to
this. "pink floyd the wall" is an all out assault on the human
senses.
i don't care if you like the music of pink floyd or not, underneath the
hallucination cinematography and animation lies a sad yet powerful story of
childhood pain and adult emptiness.
if your a film student, this movie should be on your list if you haven't
seen it.
Date: 10 November 2000
Summary: A powerful cinematic milestone.
First off, let me say this is not a movie for the clinically depressed.
This
movie is brutally harsh and makes virtually no attempt to tell the watchers
things don't always go this bad in life. In fact, it seems to go out of
it's
way to drill into your head just how horrible life is.
That said, onto the review. The movie depicts the descent into madness of a
fictional rock star named Pink Floyd. The events that lead up to this
mental
breakdown are depicted through confused, random, and fairly hallucinogenic
memories of the aforementioned rock star. There is very little actual
dialogue in the film but the story instead is unfolded through the songs of
the Pink Floyd CD The Wall. The movie requires the introspection of the
viewer to truly understand the symbolism and messages being sent throughout
the film.
There are very few actors in the movie that are not cameo roles as well,
the
only truly constant actors are Pink, the schoolmaster, Pink's wife, Pink's
mother, and young Pink. While the movie cannot be called taxing to a
person's acting talent (pretty much they either stood their, smashed
something, or walked from point A to point B) they were enjoyable to watch
and you developed a feeling for them. What the feeling was definitely
varies
from person to person (was Pink a victim of his upbringing or was the
building of the "wall" solely his own fault?).
The movie utilizes several key symbols throughout the film. The main symbol
was the wall- the mental wall we build in our mind to keep out the hurt of
the outside world. Another is the rag doll- used to express facelessness
and
defenselessness. There is a third even more important symbol in the film
too- the marching hammers but that symbol is something so integral to the
very thread of the movie that until you watch the film it is pointless to
explain it.
Date: 14 October 2000
Summary: good film
If you like art, music, movies, then you will probably like this. This
movie is somewhat depressing too. It's about a rockstar named pink, who
goes crazy, and has to search through all of his odd and crazy memories to
get back to the real world. It has both real people and animation, the
ending is very memorable.
Date: 25 September 2000
Summary: What's the term for "Better than a Masterpiece?"
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
Rating: 10.5 out of 10; What the rating means in my system: "Superb in every
way. Everyone should be forced to watch it repeatedly."
The Wall is an example of genius in every respect, even if those responsible
for the film don't seem to think it's flawless. It contains Incredible
music, amazing cinematography, a gorgeously bleak story and visual elements,
beautiful editing, etc. Every scene, every frame, is exquisite.
It began as a hint of an idea that occurred to Pink Floyd mastermind and
bassist Roger Waters while the group was in the United States on tour in
1977 to support their album, Animals. They played mostly large arenas and
stadiums. As Waters recounts on the excellent DVD version of The Wall, he
realized that a majority of the audience could barely see or hear them. He
felt increasingly alienated from the audience, who nevertheless seemed to
blindly follow the band and accept this and who would entertain themselves
in the nether portions of the venues by doing things like starting fires or
fights. The alienation reached a peak when Waters spat on a fan trying to
get close to the stage.
That spark, combined with a largely autobiographical account of Waters'
youth (which was dominated by his existential angst at the premature loss of
his father due to World War II, plus an understandably overprotective and
overbearing mother and alienation with his schooling) begat The Wall--the
album--Pink Floyd's programmatic, poignant, sprawling "rock opera." Upon
creation, Waters already had the idea to do a film and an unusual, live,
concept show, more akin to performance art than a typical rock concert and
obviously Gerald Scarfe had already been contacted and developed the visual
style that was to be used in the film's animation, since The Wall is adorned
with the basic characters of the "Trial of Pink" sequence.
After the album was completed, work shortly began on the film. That's
backwards to how most films are done--even musicals--and you might guess
that it would create difficulties. Fortunately, other than Waters, who
wrote the basic script, two other brilliant minds were involved--director
Alan Parker (Midnight Express, Angel Heart, Angela's Ashes) and
artist/animator Scarfe, who has a unique, surrealistic, disturbing style
that was a perfect match with Waters' artistic vision.
Parker's first admirable decision, in parting from the original script, was
that The Wall should have no Pink Floyd concert footage. Waters originally
was going to have such scenes as audience members being bombed and
applauding. As entertaining as that may have been, The Wall is better as a
"normal" film; expository and cinematic. As good as Floyd's Live at Pompei
is--and it is one of the best "concert" films, in my opinion--Parker's
decision helped elevate The Wall to a rare 10.5. Apparently there was much
in-fighting among the three men during the creative process, but artistic
disagreements often seem to produce some of the best works--it means that
those involved are passionate about their approach, and it means there will
be an unusual mixture of styles. Besides, who doesn't fight with
Waters?
The Wall tells us the story of a fictional character named Pink Floyd (Bob
Geldof, who is amazing in the role). We begin in the present, with Pink
sitting in a half-catatonic state in a hotel room. The camera pans down his
arm and up to his face, where we enter Pink's mind and discover the source
of his many neuroses. This brilliant idea allows Parker and Waters to
present The Wall non-sequentially--a potentially confusing narrative idea
that is pulled off without flaw here and adds much to the film's distinctive
flavor.
The non-sequentiality also lends itself to presenting The Wall as a poetic
pastiche of images, a technique that doesn't usually work for me--say, in
something like The Thin Red Line or parts of The Exorcist--but which works
perfectly here. The Wall is obviously a trip through the mind of Pink, and
minds are things that jump around a lot. Neurotic minds are things that
tend to obsess on certain events, and to portray that in film requires the
technique that The Wall employs. That also helps explain the vacillation
between live action shots and the more surreal animation. The animation is
a realization of a subjective view of the events of Pink's life, and at
times, such as the trial, represents a more hallucinatory psychotic
break.
One common complaint about The Wall is that it is depressing. It certainly
isn't a barrel of laughs--Waters even offers a criticism that The Wall is
flawed for offering no laughs. I don't think that is a flaw, though.
Conceivably, The Wall could have worked with some humor inserted, and
there's a possibility it could still be a 10.5, but I think it needs to have
an absence of laughter. Pink's life didn't have much humor in it. Waters
objection is based on the fact that he has a sense of humor and humor is
important to him. Pink isn't literally Waters though, as Waters also points
out. I think that lightening the mood here and there would lessen the
intense, consistent, ever-building mood that is The Wall's
triumph.
With that in mind, The Wall isn't perhaps the best film if you need light
entertainment. But If you want to see a heavy, dark masterpiece in every
respect, you can't go wrong with it.
Date: 13 September 2000
Summary: A startling, twisted, difficult work of art; but eminently
understandable in the end
The Wall is essentially about this absurd, twisted world as processed in the
twisted mind of the protagonist. But the film is constructed in such a way
as to pretty much allow you to grasp the trail to madness if you pay
attention. Be warned. I'd bet that if you are not prepared to watch this
film, it may drive you a bit mad yourself.
It has much to say about the world (war, politics, domination/submission,
indoctrination, collectivist sentiment, human frailty/weakness/waste, the
meaningless universe -- you name it.) I even read somewhere that the film
turns a critical eye toward Pink Floyd's own potentially crazed fans; and I
believe it. But it is bound together by the very personal and human, albeit
tragic, journey of the main character. After seeing this film a few times,
it has all become quite clear to me what sets him off, and generally why.
In the end, it doesn't excuse any of the
horrors, disappointments or hang-ups of life, nor does it excuse his main
reaction to them (building the mental wall to protect himself/eliminate the
source of pain.) It does grasp a bit at a bitter-sweet hope at the end in a
way I only wish the tormented masses of the world could.
All in all a harrowing, but satisfying journey through a part of the
psychological landscape we often would rather not see, but must face at one
time or another.
Pretty amazing for a rock opera, I think.
Date: 13 September 2000
Summary: A national anthem of life itself
This movie tells about the life of a rock star who has isolated himself in a
hotel room. Exploring the mind of Pink means learning of his past. From his
father's death to his wife cheating on him, Pink Floyd has taken all of his
fears(bricks) and built a wall with them. The wall is his isolation from the
audience and the people. This movie has actually helped me to take out some
of the bricks in MY life. Everytime I watch this movie I find something
signifigant to my life and I'm sure all of yours. I owe it all to one man.
Roger Waters, you have changed my life. Thanks for everything and thanks for
helping me understand the true necessity in life.."TEAR DOWN THE
WALL!!"
Date: 2 August 2000
Summary: A mad descent into an alienated mind
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is a movie I heard so much about before finally
watching it. Reason being, I never liked Floyd's music in the first place.
Something about devil worship that someone at school told me.
As time passed, I discovered "Dark Side of the Moon", thanks in part to the
engineering credits (I love everything Alan Parsons has done). The
incredible workmanship of the album drew me closer to the group. And even
then, "The Wall" was the last album I bought. Then, when the deluxe DVD
edition came out, I jumped at it.
What can I say? I watched the movie 3 times, and I couldn't still fully
understand it. I loved the animations and became intrigued by the inner
motivations of the main character, although there were some parts of the
movie I just couldn't make anything of it. Then I decided to watch the extra
materials that came with the DVD, including the running commentary by Roger
Waters. And it all made sense. This is one powerful movie, an interesting
rebellion against rock stardom and its perks. It's completely unexpected,
since we are listening to all of this from a rock star himself, which makes
it all too real. The groupies, the drugs, the alienation, the feeling of
being sick and fed up with it all.
This is not an uplifting movie by any means. In fact, Roger Waters summed it
up pretty well describing it as "a sour 2 hours". And the fact that Mr.
Waters has never been able to fully recover from the loss of his father
makes it even worse (almost every Pink Floyd album - and a complete album,
The Final Cut - has a song about his death in WWII). Even with this cons,
the film is a must see for the animation sequences. And Bob Geldof proves he
can act.
Date: 19 July 2000
Summary: very good banal movie
This movie is strangely moving. However, there is little depth to it: We
are
all alienated by the mean people (teachers, parents, blah, blah..) All the
images are cliches which makes it not so disturbing (which is Roger
Water's
intention). It's hard to be frightened by teeny-boppers shouting "heil
pink"
At the same time, I loved it. I don't know if it is 'cause I'm a Pink
Floyd
fan but I couldn't get enough of it. This is best music/album film ever
because it has no concert footage (which is not much considering "Stop
Making Sense" is the second best) Perhaps the conversion of an album to a
film is just too limiting. Hopefully somebody will eventually prove me
wrong.
Date: 29 June 2000
Summary: unforgettable
one of the most powerful, moving, and creative pieces of cinema. This
movie
is for everybody...it relates to everybody in some sort of way and has a
very powerful message at the end. It is the story of a man's breakdown
due
to his own personal problems and what he has to do in the end to get
through
it. Though depressing at times, do sit through the whole thing. This
film
is a wonderful piece of art in which much can be learned. One thing i
would
suggest is to get it one DVD and watch it with the subtitles since it will
give those who are not familiar with the album a better understanding of
the
images and messages that are being conveyed.
Date: 22 June 2000
Summary: A Powerful Rock Film....IF You Can Handle It
I'm always thrilled when some of my favorite conceptual rock albums in my
music collection are turned into movies. Nobody's made a film version yet of
"The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" by Genesis (too strange, perhaps?), but
there are, indeed, movie adaptations of "Tommy" & "Quadrophenia" by The Who,
"Jesus Christ Superstar," and, of course, THIS film, Alan Parker's 1982 film
adaptation of the classic rock opera, "The Wall," by the British group Pink
Floyd. So successful was the "Wall" album (which continues to sell briskly
to this day), that a film version was inevitable, and, for the most part,
the film version does the album justice.
A famous rock star named Pink (Bob Geldof), having played too many shows,
consumed too many drugs, is estranged from his cheating wife & has painful
memories of his father being killed in the war, slowly starts to go mad, and
builds a mental "wall" around himself, piece by piece, brick by
brick....Like the original Floyd album, the movie version of "The Wall" is
no less depressing OR powerful. Obviously, there's no faulting Pink Floyd's
music here, which is taken directly from the original "Wall" album (rather
than re-recorded from scratch like in the film of the Who's "Tommy"), and of
course, the music is pure classic Floyd. Bob Geldof is powerful as the
tortured Pink, Alan Parker's direction is impressive, Gerald Scarfe's
animations are appropriately creepy, and the film's stereophonic sound is
guaranteed to floor you.
However, considering the thoroughly heavy subject matter, and the film's
relentless sensory attack on the audience, some have found the film to be
too much of an overwhelming downer, and quite honestly, I can't argue with
them. Even former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters, the main creator of "The
Wall," finally confessed in 1987 that when HE saw "The Wall" movie for the
very first time, his observation of the film was that "it seemed to start
bashing you over the head in the first ten minutes, and it didn't stop until
it was over; there was no quiet time." No disagreements
here.
Nonetheless, if you're strong enough to brave this film---and if you're a
Pink Floyd fan who's familiar with this classic album, besides---then turn
down the lights, crank up the volume on your TV set, and get ready for 100
minutes of music video assault that will rock you AND shake you, as you're
taken along with Pink on a journey through the madness of a burnt-out rock
star. For better or worse, "Pink Floyd: The Wall" is a rock movie journey
you're not likely to forget.
Date: 21 May 2000
Summary: A mad merging of live action, animation, and music.
You don't watch The Wall, you're absorbed into it. The music of Pink Floyd
is fused together
with Alan Parker's striking images and Gerald Scarfe's brilliant animation.
As Pink slowly
descends into madness, we are given a first hand look at what has brought
him to this point.
The loss of his father, his relationship with his mother and wife, the
teachers at the public
school he attended and the burdens of rock stardom, all fit together to form
his wall, that will
eventually isolate him from society. Once inside his wall, Pink goes
through some changes and
eventually puts himself on trial. Scarfe's hallucinatory animation brings
to life many songs from
the album and gives the film a feel unlike any other. Parker directs the
live action with fire.
One of the best sequences in the film is in the beginning. As the
housekeeper fiddles with Pink's
door, we see in his mind a door locked with a chain move slightly. Then,
when the door opens and
is stopped by the chain, the doors in Pink's mind fly open and thousands of
fans rush in. Then,
Parker cuts to soldiers charging over beachheads as explosions scorch the
land. All of this is
set to In The Flesh, the first track off of the album. It's hard to talk
about The Wall, in this
forum. The Wall is a film that needs to be seen, heard and absorbed in
order to understand it.
Date: 20 May 2000
Summary: A Mad Piece of Cinema!
Alan Parker has always had a gift for the integration of music and film, and
his efforts over the years have reflected that. Movies like "Fame" (1980) &
"The Commitments" (1991) have made him a director more remembered for his
music video skills than his storytelling, even though he directed gripping
controversial more seriously films, like "Midnight Express" (1978) &
"Mississippi Burning" (1988).
"The Wall" tells the account of a rock star's breakdown, Pink Floyd slowing
down into madness..Pink's madness is illustrated with living flashbacks of
his life..He has visions of his childhood from a baby hold in the cradle to
his present moment. We have little Pink suffering from alienation for the
death of his father in the war..& taken under the care of his mother..We
have also rock & roll star Pink, who is destroyed by his evident insanity
and is driven over the edge by his wife's infidelity and we have a blown
insane Pink (going so foolish as to shave his own eyebrows) a Nazi dictator
under the Hammer Regime leading a series of occurrences like raping,
breaking & pillaging..
Alan Parker translates the music into memorable images that are insensible
to love or pity..All of Pink's life is projected on the screen. We see &
hear songs like "Another Brick In the Wall, Part II" altered from an
abstract concept into a disgusting vision of students being thrown into a
meat grinder..
Pink constructs the wall by building up tension (the night he came along to
the hotel with a frenzy young group and reveals all his hidden emotions in a
violent disturbing climax). Mixing up sexuality and violence was creating a
new window into Pink's character..The animated sequences that reflected
Pink's foolishness were important and influential.
Alan Parker's direction moves the story cleverly from the present into the
past and into a possible future, drawing a warning : 'War is
disagreeable..War is unwelcome'..but still contemplating traumas of a child
with hurtful effects on the fully grown man..The result is 'a mad piece of
cinema'..a kind of a bad dream becoming even worse than
usual.
The film exploit great special effects (some frightful and impossible to
understand). The music praises the film so well from declaring noisy rock &
roll music to quiet ballads of insanity (a fine sound track & an
over-extended best- selling rock album)
Bob Geldof was amazing as Pink, the British rock star broken in pieces under
the psychological pressure of an American Tour.
Pink Floyd-The Wall - a bizarre animation reinforcing its vision of an
insane,inhumane, unjust & cruel world.. not easy to follow - stands out as
one of the classic in the teenage scene, specially teenagers who take or
receive narcotic and due to its psychedelic nature - induced both by the
music & the photography - leaves you greatly depressed.
Date: 19 May 2000
Summary: Not Only for rock fans
One of the things that had amazed me reading the comments on this movie is
that almost everybody who comment on it is a Pink Floyd fan or related.
Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise but the issue here is that the movie
has to be valued as a movie and not as a 90 minutes MTV clip. Almost all of
what is said in this movie can be applied to not only the british but to the
western society as well. The fans (and I have to admit that I also love the
music) put to much attention to the personal facts of Roger Waters and
forget that this is not a simple personal case of madness but the simptoms
of a sick society which still carries the burden of the war, racism, and the
overwhelming cult to its "successful" individuals. This movie is a piece of
art, perhaps one of Alan Parker's best.
Date: 28 April 2000
Summary: I haven't said it all yet!
I am sure I have already commented on this particular film, but on further
inspection I have a lot more to say.
Many people watch "The Wall" without knowing anything of the album or even
Pink Floyd! If you are not perceptive and ponder deeply when you watch a
film, then so God help me, listen to the album first!
Luckily, I had barely heard anything by Pink Floyd and yet still understood
it pretty much fully, except for somethings I undertstand now. But then
again, I can find a biblical or other kind of reference to anything.
There are many things written in the lyrics that are not in the actual
songs. For example: "The Trial"-The only thing I couldn't understand in the
whole film was who the hell the red headed monster in the trial scene was.
But on more viewings I realize that it was in more scenes. But when I read
the Lyrics it said:
"Call the wife", and even more odd, they included that in their live shows
as well.
Another thing to know, if you don't own the album, get it! you WILL like it.
And you shall understand the story alot better.
This film is a story about all of us. Roger Water's story of mental
destruction and blocking yourself from the outside world, hence creating a
WALL.
All of us have a "wall", but some haven't finished it yet. Don't finish it.
And if you do, tear it down. That is the message in this film. No matter how
bad life is, do not let those bad things get to you. No matter
what.
All of us have a little Pink in us, but some just tend to not show it. Which
is a bad thing, because you have already built a Wall blocking your real
self. Don't be like Pink, just be your self!
Rating:A+
Date: 9 April 2000
Summary: Parker's Best
Pink Floyd's The Wall is a great piece of cinema. Not only because of Roger
Waters, Gerald Scarfe and Alan Parker adding to the film, but because the
Album is also one of the best ever. The songs added to this film make it
one big music video (and a great one at that) with a cool if not confusing
(not too confusing) story.
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