A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
A combative creative concoction that bore a masterpiece! I am a Pink Floyd fan and while I am glad I was lucky enough to see Roger Waters and his band play The Wall at the Manchester Evening News Arena when I was younger (it was among the best live shows I've seen), I will confess The Wall probably isn't in my top two Pink Floyd albums. There are certain individual tracks that are rightfully recognised as some of the band's best work, particularly 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)', 'Hey You' and 'Comfortably Numb' however as a collective piece it can be rather self indulgent and perhaps isn't as daring or as experimental as Dark Side of the Moon or Wish You Were Here. To make a film based on such an album could be seen as the height of pretentiousness, however I feel it provides a rather interesting context and some enthralling artistic flair to proceedings. There was a constant tension behind the camera, with Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe and Roger Waters all having very differe
