Pink Floyd The Wall (film)

Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 MGM film by British director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. The screenplay was written by Pink Floyd vocalist and bassist Roger Waters. Though Waters initially considered himself for the title role, the film ultimately starred Bob Geldof, whose character Pink was loosely based on the biographies of both Waters and Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist Syd Barrett, both of whom were founding members of the band. The film also stars Kevin McKeon as the young Pink, and includes brief appearances by Bob Hoskins and Joanne Whalley.

Plot summary

Pink Floyd The Wall depicts the construction and ultimate demolition of a metaphorical wall. Though the film is highly interpretable, the wall itself clearly reflects a sense of isolation and alienation.

Related Topics:
Isolation - Alienation

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Pink, the tragic hero of the film, is depicted at various stages of physical and mental development. We first meet Pink Floyd as a young British boy growing up in the early 1950's. Young Pink is heavily affected by the death of his father in World War II and as a result develops a close relationship with his overprotective mother. As the years go on he becomes a succesful rock star in the United States, but remains in a state of mental dissarray and disillusionment. He marries an attractive American groupie, but remains incapable of having a functional relationship.

Related Topics:
British - Father - World War II - Rock star - United States

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After a breakdown in a drug hallucination, Pink becomes the leader of violent, racist, hate group, bearing strong resemblances to modern neo-nazi gangs.

Related Topics:
Hate - Neo-nazi

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In the final sequence he goes before a bizarre kangaroo court trial, shown entirely in animation. This stage in Pink's life, however, is clearly a symbolic representation of his state of mind.

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