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Plot: By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd: The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant, and s...( read more read more... )uperbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters's great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humor that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualize The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed.

The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerizing film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon

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    MCT:
    May 31, 2008
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  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 27, 2008
    Awesome combo - written by the greatest lyricist of all time (ok, so up there with dylan / cohen / zappa / waits ;) roger waters; and acted by my favourite of favourite dirty sey irish philanthropic awesome runk pocker sir bob...
    This movie totally got me through my awkward teenage angst phase (ok, so im still going through it, but it did help me realise that all intelligent and slightly (ok, very) eccentric individuals prone to depression and mania think an unnatural amount abt the world and the order of things, and it's ok...)
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 17, 2008
    I admit that I didn't *really* understand / get into this movie. It was pretty interesting. I got the point behind some of the stuff. but overall it was just long and really weird.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 9, 2008
    After watching most films you feel like you come away with something, after watching this I felt like something was taken away. I do like Pink Floyd though.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 22, 2008
    Great malice comes from a place of great insecurity. Written by Roger Waters, this is a scary ride into the psychosis of a man slowly going insane. One of the most interesting aspects is Waters' point of how people who commit the worst crimes against humanity are secretly the most afraid and insecure of all. This fear ultimately transforms into hate, a hate of themselves against which they lash out. In this case, Pink never comes to terms with the loss of his father who never came home from WWII, and is tormented by his teacher at school who tries to strip away individuality from the children; the reason for the teacher's anger is because he's completely emasculated by his wife at home. The combination of animation and film, the surreal imagery, often disturbing, perfectly flows with the music from The Wall which is, of course, phenomenal. The combination of the imagery to music truly feels like we're watching a Rock Opera, and despite the almost complete lack of dialogue, there's a very real story with characters the viewer becomes invested deeply in, thanks largely to Geldof's brave, hold nothing back performance. It's safe to say that Pink Floyd's - The Wall is nothing if not a true work of revolutionary art.

Comments

  • Eve360
    me encanta pink floyd
    esa pelicula marco una gran etapa de mi vidaaa
    posted 118 days ago
  • madcat612
    who played the "dirty woman"?
    posted 159 days ago
  • funscrab1
    incredible movie - animation like i had never seen before and a blend of music with that animation that has never been rivaled. phenomenal then, and now.
    posted 207 days ago
  • scarylittleone
    Excellent! One of my favorite bands!
    posted 230 days ago
  • madcat612
    Who played the "dirty woman" and what else has she been in?
    posted 236 days ago
  • rayman0071
    One of the greatest cult films from the early 1980's and for good reason....Pink Floyd were the kings of British rock and roll.

    I know somewhere they have this showing at your neighborhood cimema during a midnight screening or somewhere on college campuses too.
    posted 409 days ago
  • anoopee
    Pink Floyd:: They are simply the gods of Music..
    posted 445 days ago
  • alysonscoffin
    cool this is really awesome! +.+
    posted 500 days ago
  • shimmerin
    got to be one of my favorites!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 577 days ago
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    hey! watch the Skin I made few months ago, it is reallt nice, hope you like it.
    posted 596 days ago

Details

  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Alan Parker
  • Genres: Art House & International, Drama, Cult Movies, Musical & Performing Arts
  • Released: August 13, 1982
  • DVD Released: December 2, 1999

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