Review of The Movie "Pink Floyd: The Wall"
Movie release date
1982
Country of origin
UK
Cast
Bob Geldof
Director
Alan Parker
Pink Floyd: The Wall
By Dave McCoy, San Francisco Sidewalk
Director Alan Parker's style contains all the subtlety
of men jackhammering cement outside of your window at
7 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Fortunately, so do the
lyrics of Pink Floyd pessimist Roger Waters, making this
overblown acidhead's nightmare a match made in hell.
Bob Geldof is Pink, a burned-out, alienated and near
psychotic rock 'n' roll star who gradually builds a
"wall" around his phobias, paranoia, jealousy and
sexual insecurity. Parker matches the material with
grotesque close-ups, jittery editing and pointless
imagery, foreshadowing the emptiness of MTV aesthetics
several years ahead of schedule.
(1 hour, 39 minutes)
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