Pink Floyd - The Wall details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Pink Floyd, Bob Hoskins, Bob Geldof |
| Director: | Alan Parker |
| Genre: | Music/Musical - Music - Jazz |
| Studio: | SONY BMG |
| Name | Discs | |
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Pink Floyd - The Wall |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 20 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 07 Feb 2000 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish |
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So Ya, Thought Ya, Might Like To... Go To The Show?
By a customer from Kent , 27 Aug 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
If you can stomach the depressing content then The Wall remains one of the most brilliant albums of the 70's (the album was released in '79 I think, so the movie was released some 3 years later). The story of a boy who grows to be a rock star but slides into self induced isolation due to 'The Wall' he perceives around himself.
Like most 'concept' albums that have a story throughout linked by various songs or music, you often end up with your own mental image of the scenes in the songs. Watching a movies where you see someone else's invariably different views can therefore sometimes be a little frustrating when their scale or perception differs so wildly from yours. However, leaving that aside, the film actually elaborates or fills in on the story so that you get a better understanding of 'Pink's' journey. There are tracks in the film that are not on the album. So in places, this is enlightening. But in others, a scene seems to be dragged out and you're left waiting for the next song to start.
Acting wise I think that Bob Geldof does the job well, and while his vocals will always sound odd singing songs that you are more used to hearing Roger Waters sing, they still sound pretty good as he tries to inject a slightly different slant on the words, rather than trying to imitate the original.
The mixture of live action and (often disturbing) animation works well and overall the story is well told. Perhaps a bit too long (it is a double album, add some extra tracks and the exposition bits between songs), but it sounds great, looks fantastic in parts and underwhelming in others.
There's some pretty decent extra's on the DVD, giving some good insight into the inspiration behind the story and work involved in putting the film together, casting choices (re Geldof) and loads of interviews with various cast and crew members.
The Scissor Sisters recent chart success with their cover of Comfortably Numb is a testament to how this music and story are still in society's conciousness, and the story seems as fresh and relevant today as it was in 1979/1982.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(33)Best. Band. Ever.
By Fitz42 (161 reviews) from Darwen , 14 Jul 2012And arguably their best album. Some of the imagery used would be considered unique and powerful even by today's standards. A masterpiece of layered concept music.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Tear Down the Wall!
By a customer from TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ENGLAND , 16 Oct 2010Marvelous musical constantly and variously suggesting the links between emotional repression and fascism in White culture; oddly matching the Nazi-rally-like atmosphere of a pop concert. Externally, this matches the constant toing and froing in the West between the belief that Whites are superior while yet being frightened of anyone they label inferior; ie, scapegoating. Here is a culture in crisis (replete with psychologically-damaged people) presented as scintillating rock opera where a simple decision has to be made at the level of the individual. To repeat the pathology of one's childhood as an adult or to grow up by tearing down the emotional wall of inevitable madness that separates alienated neurotics from self-esteem. Yet the film points out that this requires precisely the kind of moral courage that is lacking in the West.
The only real problem with this movie is that it has no real characters that you can empathize with and follow in a traditional narrative cinema sense, as well as almost no dialogue. It is not cinematic enough to be a truly great film because the style is not quite as important as the musical content - even though the style is impressive and offers very to-the-point images. Alan PARKER was the natural choice for director of this because of his previously-successful musicals - especially Bugsy Malone. And he has managed to capture the spirit, at least, of the greatest rock album of all time that took the form as far as it could possibly go. In its own way, just as good as Yellow Submarine.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Goodbye cruel world, I'm leaving you today
By Bassman71 (619 reviews) from Didsbury, England , 15 Sep 2010Perhaps one of my favourite albums but I'd never seen the film.
Can be heavy going at times & slightly up it's own backside but there are some moments of brilliance. The scene that accompanies 'Vera' at the train station is very moving & fits well.
Geldof is very good (despite no real dialogue) as Pink & Gerald Scarfe's drawings & animations are still fantastic.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Nostalgia nostalgia nostalgia
By Slurs from Scotland , 28 Feb 2010Dragged me firmly back to my late teens when I didn't see this film, but the music was everywhere. So was the imagery it seems as the whole look was familiar. OK, so it's not a great movie, but it's a hell of an extended music video. I enjoyed the whole wallow. Come to think of it, it must be 1979, when the album was released, that I was getting misty eyed about. A lousy time in many ways for individuals and country alike, but hey, I was young.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Wall
By a customer from York , 19 Dec 2009This was the most self indulgent mess I've ever had the displeasure to sit through. Absolutely terrible. The only saving grace was Scarfe's artwork and animation. The rest should've been dumped in the river with the dead rat. Cack.- Was this review helpful to you?
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