Pink Floyd - The Wall (Limited Edition) [1982]

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Primary Contributor : Bob Geldof
Primary Contributor : Christine Hargreaves

Product Details

Director : Alan Parker
Actor : Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, James Laurenson, Eleanor David, Kevin McKeon
Format : PAL, Special Edition
Binding : DVD
EAN : 5099705019863
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : DVD
Region Code : 0
Release Date : 2006-06-05
Studio : Sony Bmg

ASIN : B000621P6K

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly 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' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise 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 mesmerising 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

Customer Reviews

I was really surprised! (2008-01-08)

Memory told me this was a dissappointment, many criticise Geldorf's performance - well what else was he supposed to do except act like a screwed up depressed individual, which I think he did well (no offence Bob - I'm backing you on this). I really enjoyed this film after a break of numerous years, some excellent moments visually and aurally, well packaged, and the soundtrack is to dream for - wonderful sound. I found this a satisfying disc and probably now prefer it to the CD. One gripe - the repackaging suggests that the Limited Edition disc is an improvement on the standard version, it isn't ! They seem to me exactly the same - but the packaging in the Limited Edition is much superior and just about justifies buying it.

A brilliant way of portraying "The Wall" CD (2007-12-24)

The movie version of Pink Floyd's brilliant album "The Wall" is an unhappy yet superb one. It follows the life of Pink, a hapless guy who has been building an imaginary wall from the very early days of life. Every bad event in his life is another brick in the wall, hence the famous title.The film indicates how Pink feels throughout the entire movie and goes into a lot of depth with the songs and their meanings. From "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives" to "Waiting For The Worms", all the songs in the movie and the movie itself can send us a serious message about society and how people have social barriers (walls). Pink's case is one example.Enough said, really. Although the film is quite hard to understand (unless you know the album "The Wall"), this is really enjoyable to watch. Recommended.

Relativly enjoyable (2006-05-04)

I'm a big Pink Floyd Fan and have most of their albums. I bought the albumn (the Wall) in 1980 on record. I have seen the movie several times and found it enjoyble though a little bit dark and strange. Many people complain about the songs like Bring the Boys Back Home and Happiest Days of Our Lives but they are essential to the story in both the movie and the album. The biggest disappointmennt for me was the great song Hey You was not inluded in the movie. The animations were dark yet very essential. The trial was a decent scene. Bob Gedolf does a good job portrying Pink (the main character) throughout the Story.

Utterly enthralling (2005-07-23)

The Wall is a masterpiece that compliments the album immensely regardless of what skeptics may say. The music is true to the Pink Floyd fashion and is in my opinion the best they ever made. The music in the film varies from soft acoustic rock like Mother to all out Rock 'n' Roll pieces like Young Lust. In my opinion you couldn't possibly go wrong with The Wall, cracking film

Why not? (2005-04-15)

This film is a depressingly reassuring account of human psycology. It differs from the LP because Bob Geldof sings. The extras include an interview with Roger Waters explaining, amoung other things, his inspiration. The sentiment is amazing. The animation dark a true friend. Roger Waters is totally a dude.

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