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score 8/10
Just saw the film a few weeks ago for the first time on DVD. The film looks good, sounds good, and it's still holding up not only with the passage of time but the passage of my own personal life. There are times when I pick up "The Wall" (the album), give it a listen and think to myself "god, what a self-absorbed person this is". But I realize in my better moments that Roger Waters was just letting us in on some of his deep personal issues. I used to not understand how politics and the whole fascist angle related to the rest of the film, but at this point it all makes sense to me. Waters is saying that the "walls" that we build up individually in our lives to protect ourselves and separate ourselves from others are just miniature versions of the political and social walls built up by people who rule over others through fear and intimidation.
On a technical level, only the scenes which integrate animation with live action have aged somewhat poorly. The film still has a striking and unique visual style, even after all these years of MTV that have followed.
Geldorf is sufficient as "Pink", though he doesn't get many lines or much to do except sit in that room.
All in all, a great film for Floyd fans but it might leave some non fans scratching their heads, because it's a film you have to see a few times and think about if you really want to "get" it. I know this film was panned by a lot of critics and also a lot of them said the film's stance was insulting to the Floyd's core audience. I couldn't disagree more, I think the Floyd never made the mistake of under-estimating their audience's intelligence and that they were here making a personal statement not only about their own lives (primarily Waters' and Barrett's) but about the changes in how they interact with their fans.
I agree though with Waters' comments on the documentary -- the film's great weakness is that it lacks humor, even the biting or negative humor of Floyd songs like "Have a Cigar". I think possibly doing part of the film in a less documentary style, especially "Young Lust" would have helped here.
funkyfry 10 October 2006
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