Pink Floyd: The Wall

2012 • 95 minutes

About this movie

The story of THE WALL is told simply with the music of Pink Floyd, images and natural effects. There is no conventional dialogue to progress the narrative. Our story is about Pink, a Rock and Roll performer, who sits locked in a hotel room, somewhere in Los Angeles. Too many shows, too much dope, too much applause: a burned out case. On the TV, an all too familiar war film flickers on the screen. We shuffle time and place, reality and nightmare as we venture into Pink’s painful memories, each one a “brick” in the wall he has gradually built around his feelings. Slowly he withdraws from the real world and slips further into his nightmare as he imagines himself as an unfeeling demagogue, for whom all that is left is the demonstration of power over his unthinking audience, the culmination of the odious excess of his own world and the world around him. His internal self trail follows, as the witnesses of his past life, the very people who have contributed to the building of the wall, come forward and testify against him.

Ratings and reviews

I guess Google thinks Pink Floyd is a documentary since this is the category as of 1/27/2015. I would categorize it as an opera. This is one of the top movies to see before you die... well, not immediately before you die. Just sometime before you die, perhaps after breakfast on a lazy Saturday many years before you die.

Stage Presentation Is Huge!! Looked Like The Great Walls Of China

I want to buy this movie in the worst way, but I'd like to buy it in High Definition. When can we expect to see this version? 1/21/2020 Update: I wrote this 5 years ago. What's the holdup? Isn't this just an MGM title? I needs me this movie!