This movie completes the album of the same name
The album came out onto the scene & then later inspired the making of this movie. It's too bad that Pink Floyd hasn't done that with all of their album projects. But, I do know they have gone to the expansion of other directions with their other albums. As any Pink Fan knows most or all of their albums focus on the same main one & only theme: 'Madness.' It's just that there are so many different levels to insanity, that you can produce many albums, as Pink Floyd has so ingeniously done, to define just a few of those levels. There are 3 albums that define the madness of their former member, Syd Barrett. 'The Wall' being the main & latter one. And if you had a hard time trying to decipher the album itself, well then, along comes this movie, of the same title. And you'll come away still a bit puzzled, but at least you gain more of an understanding. The 'Album' & the 'Movie,' as like Pink Floyd's other works; makes a strong hint at both the beginning & the end most all of their projects. And that hint is, to listen or view this subject over & over again. A good suggestion, since the message is so very thick & deep, you'll never quite get it, or be able to take it all in on the 1st go around. 'The Wall,' like the rest of their albums, was never intended or meant to be taken as a shallow & hollow project. Pink Floyd wants you to think hard about the subject they are focusing their project on. That's all part of their message that they fully intend to say, "Use that thing that's called a brain, inside your head!" Take it all in & think it through, to the endless end. Therein, I conclude that I haven't really told you a thing & haven't spoiled any of the 'Movie' or the 'Album' for you. Just put you in the correct frame of mind, is all. I bought this DVD to replace & update my old VHS. For me to highly recommend this 'Movie' to you is an understatement. After you've listened & viewed "The Wall" & I do recommend doing so in that order & still, if you still haven't got your fill, then try "The Wall Live" in 3 other formats: "Pink Floyd - The Wall, Is There Anybody Out There?" (CD); "Roger Waters - The Wall - Live In Berlin" (in both CD & DVD format). The latter project was produced solely by Roger Waters, soon after the Fall of the Berlin Wall; and he has folks like The Scorpions, Bryan Adams, Cindi Lauper & others assisting him with this particular version of the the performance of "The Wall." It was the largest outdoor concert 'ever' performed by anyone, anywhere, at that point in time. I could go on about "The Wall," but I've said too much as it is, here. Enjoy & remember, it's all for pure entertainment purposes only. Nothing more serious than that.Read full review
