Reid_Martin_Basso PINK FLOYD THE WALL Finds itself among modern cinema's most culturally significant films.Based upon Pink Floyd's 1979 musical album of the same title, Pink Floyd The Wall chronicles the rise and fall of supposed Britishlead singer, and Live Aid coordinator, Sir Bob Geldof.Set in the cinematic duality of 'Seamless Realism' and 'Formalism,' the hand drawn work celebrates the caricature art of Gerald Scarfe, the renowned English political cartoonist and illustrator. The Wall uses both mediums to interweave Pink's neuroses, addictions, childhood abuse, fears and desires.rock-n-roller sex symbol "Pink," played to perfection by Boomtown RatsOnce the money-making potential of Pink becomes realized by the exploiters in his life, Pink ceased being human and became a cash cow. Parasites feeding upon his talent provided insight into the same fame monster which oft befalls entertainers.Pink finds acceptance of himself, a visage of empty and ill-spent young adulthood, through traditional escapism: alcohol, sex and narcotics. As Pink collapses inwardly, he realizes that in order to find himself he must confront fears and extricate himself from the addictions to which he's become "comfortably numb." The Wall is brilliant in its horrifying multiple realities, its complex music and its blending of various visual mediums. With Pink Floyd holding so many milestones throughout their 50+ year career, The Wall is oft regarded as the band's crowning achievement; a contribution to, and celebration of, themselves.So then, why is this movie still so culturally significant? Amongst art, film and music societies, The Wall is widely regarded as the last great, truly iconic hand-created animation "super film", akin to its 1960s Beatles-infused cousin, Yellow Submarine.As personal computer animation, stop-frame animation and Henson oriented puppets began saturating 1980s movies, The Wall officially ushered out handcrafted movie art, which stepped aside (or, more aptly, was pushed aside) for what became the CGI revolution.The Wall was a bridge between our cultural past and visionary glimpses of our supposed future. The Wall is an example of the powerful imagery and the moving beauty that hand-rendered artwork can (still) command...Yeah... Even in this 21st Century digital downloadable society.Technical nirvana is great and all but there really is something a wee bit satisfying about coming across a film that cannot -and will not ever- be replicated.And, oh, by the way... which one's Pink?

destinylives52 "Pink Floyd The Wall" is a study on a rock star's descent into depression, madness, and ultimate realization of what his life has been. Pink Floyd songs add as much to the meaning of the movie as the visuals (which are live and animated). I was in my early teens when I first saw this movie, and I couldn't make heads or tails of it. Viewing it for the second time in my forties, I understand it very clearly, and look upon it as a modern work of art. My most memorable, movie moment of "Pink Floyd The Wall" is the sequence where a fascist group has a rally and then take to the streets to destroy anyone who is not like them. This is especially notable today in America, where there is a growing movement of intolerance, hatred, and prejudice.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

redcoutinho Pink Floyd's The Wall is already an overrated album with plenty of songs that are filler, some good songs have weak lyrics and some great lyrics use weak music just to convey the message. The film takes all that, keeping all the filler, and adding even weaker pieces like When the Tigers Broke Free 1 and 2.Some of the weaknesses of the Wall's story are amplified even more. The horrors of WWII are shown even though the boy had no way of knowing. It is presented as if the boy himself were a war veteran, suffering from a case of contagious PTSD, perhaps by touching his father's medals or uniform. The album alludes to the Luftwaffe's raids, but the film makes it seem as if it the boy experienced the war on the front line first hand, which is laughable.The film, with its completely new songs, reordered playlist and freedom to add scenes with no music, does not address the transformation of Pink from rock star to neo-fascist leader. It's just a hole in the plot that is left to our imagination. Fine for an audio album, not for a visual film.Some of the things look theatrical and comic - the headmaster in the tunnel looked like a clown, the neo-fascist rally's synchronized dancing was less "Triumph of the Will" and more Macarena.The animation goes from beautiful (Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces) to ridiculous - The Trial with a talking buttocks as presiding judge.A lot of mistakes were done. If I were Pink Floyd (or if I were Waters), just as the protagonist was a composite character, so should the album be a composite, not loyal to The Wall, but taking the best of Pink Floyd to make something larger than life. The song Money would've been a great piece, Pink as a rock star enjoying his riches, then the dissatisfaction with the political system, shown via Animals, would've made the transition from rock star to fascist leader a great one.It all boils down to this - did they want to make a great Pink Floyd-based, The Wall film or make a long music video for The Wall? It is not a binary issue, but a gradient, since they already changed the order of events, added new songs and reworked original songs, so this was not a pure "The Wall" film. My opinion is that they should've added things from their past, reworked if needed, to tell a better story, to make a better film rather than one truer to the album.Perhaps that's an idea for the remake.

kantorlien This is my first comment here on IMDb, and for a movie you should try your hardest to get to see. There can be no more excellent example of a movie that is also a great art work. Although there might be less raw and more "tempered" ones. There is the first vision of things. Then there are numberless stages which the original idea has to travel through to get out there to the public. I would argue that the first original thought in this movie is very hard to get through all these stages. The main idea being a very sensitive persons journey through a world that has some very real suffering to offer. How do you explain the feeling of the excruciating pain that is suffered by such a mind? Well, by means of rejecting of sarcasm (using. by the wau, top notch sarcasm!), of different kinds of numbing, by rejection of everything you are (through fascism as an example made by Alan Parker). Thorugh building (or having built, duh) a wall...To get this idea, this very central theme (of even the human race) through all the stages of production is astonishing. And there is a mind blowing quality in every step of the way. They all for once really got it right. See the movie before you die. That's one of the hundred things.