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Actors: Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Pink Floyd The Wall |
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Based on the bestselling 1979 double album by British art-rock band Pink Floyd, this 1982 film visually and musically relates the story of a troubled and drug-addicted rock star who has progressively isolated himself from everyone physically and emotionally. Abandoned by his father during World War II, smothered by his mother thereafter, and punished in school for writing poems, he steadily builds a wall around himself. The style of the film is that of a 95-minute music video; there's virtually no dialogue, just songs and visuals, including the startling, smeary animation of British caricaturist Gerald Scarfe. The success of this bizarre rock opera may depend a lot on how much the viewer likes the music from the album to begin with.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Pink Floyd The Wall |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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