PINK FLOYD THE WALL Finds itself among modern cinema's most culturally significant films.Based upon Pink Floyd's 1979 musical album of the same title, Pink Floyd The Wall chronicles the rise and fall of supposed Britishlead singer, and Live Aid coordinator, Sir Bob Geldof.Set in the cinematic duality of 'Seamless Realism' and 'Formalism,' the hand drawn work celebrates the caricature art of Gerald Scarfe, the renowned English political cartoonist and illustrator. The Wall uses both mediums to interweave Pink's neuroses, addictions, childhood abuse, fears and desires.rock-n-roller sex symbol "Pink," played to perfection by Boomtown RatsOnce the money-making potential of Pink becomes realized by the exploiters in his life, Pink ceased being human and became a cash cow. Parasites feeding upon his talent provided insight into the same fame monster which oft befalls entertainers.Pink finds acceptance of himself, a visage of empty and ill-spent young adulthood, through traditional escapism: alcohol, sex and narcotics. As Pink collapses inwardly, he realizes that in order to find himself he must confront fears and extricate himself from the addictions to which he's become "comfortably numb." The Wall is brilliant in its horrifying multiple realities, its complex music and its blending of various visual mediums. With Pink Floyd holding so many milestones throughout their 50+ year career, The Wall is oft regarded as the band's crowning achievement; a contribution to, and celebration of, themselves.So then, why is this movie still so culturally significant? Amongst art, film and music societies, The Wall is widely regarded as the last great, truly iconic hand-created animation "super film", akin to its 1960s Beatles-infused cousin, Yellow Submarine.As personal computer animation, stop-frame animation and Henson oriented puppets began saturating 1980s movies, The Wall officially ushered out handcrafted movie art, which stepped aside (or, more aptly, was pushed aside) for what became the CGI revolution.The Wall was a bridge between our cultural past and visionary glimpses of our supposed future. The Wall is an example of the powerful imagery and the moving beauty that hand-rendered artwork can (still) command...Yeah... Even in this 21st Century digital downloadable society.Technical nirvana is great and all but there really is something a wee bit satisfying about coming across a film that cannot -and will not ever- be replicated.And, oh, by the way... which one's Pink?

This film documents the slow descent into madness of a young man beset by demons stemming from the loss of his father in the second world war and the cruel and rigid treatment at the hands of his public school teachers and headmaster. The film is filled with both graphic and fantastical images of violent psychotic delusions. It is a deep exploration of anxiety, depression and psychosis filled with vivid images of war, rape, rioting and Naziesque megalomania. It depicts failed relationships, impotence and unfaithfulness. It is a brutal story. Best avoided forever. I've been a Pink Floyd fan my entire teen and adult life but I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to The Wall again.

This is my first comment here on IMDb, and for a movie you should try your hardest to get to see. There can be no more excellent example of a movie that is also a great art work. Although there might be less raw and more "tempered" ones. There is the first vision of things. Then there are numberless stages which the original idea has to travel through to get out there to the public. I would argue that the first original thought in this movie is very hard to get through all these stages. The main idea being a very sensitive persons journey through a world that has some very real suffering to offer. How do you explain the feeling of the excruciating pain that is suffered by such a mind? Well, by means of rejecting of sarcasm (using. by the wau, top notch sarcasm!), of different kinds of numbing, by rejection of everything you are (through fascism as an example made by Alan Parker). Thorugh building (or having built, duh) a wall...To get this idea, this very central theme (of even the human race) through all the stages of production is astonishing. And there is a mind blowing quality in every step of the way. They all for once really got it right. See the movie before you die. That's one of the hundred things.

From my point of view - The Wall was, pretty much, just a mindlessly meandering, 90-minute rock video, showcasing the finger-pointing rantings & ravings of a whiny, self-destructive pop star named Mr. "Pink" Floyd, who turned out to be a delusional pothead seriously addicted to TV.Haunted by unhappy childhood memories, "Pink" (clearly an unbalanced Neo-Nazi wannabe) shaves off his eyebrows and inevitably loses his already precarious grip on reality.In spite of some impressive, in-your-face imagery, I'd say that the viewer would have to be well-beyond the "comfortably numb" stage to take The Wall's "We-Don't-Need-No-Education/We-Don't-Need-No-Thought-Control" nonsense at face value.When it came to utterly dry and humorless storytelling, The Wall certainly delivered its little tale of modern-day madness in aces.With its screenplay written by none other than Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd), I'd say that this dude definitely bit off more than he could chew with the likes of such a heavy-handed project as this.And when it comes to director Alan Parker, I think that if this guy had any rational sense he would've steered clear of this inevitable "train wreck" and tackled a more promising production.Yes, folks - "The child has grown. The dream is gone."