By this reading, the school master at the end of the tunnel takes on a greater weight as a cog in the totalitarian machine whose sole intent is to force the teeming masses of youth into a unified mold void of personal identity. Directly following the tunnel scene, the viewer glimpses the faculty lounge of the school where the teachers are preparing for class. After the morning bell rings, each teacher stands and adjusts his or her garments, as if straightening a military uniform in preparation for war.

An often overlooked tidbit is the color scheme of the walls in the hallway. Mixing the two together, red and white…sin and innocence…results in the color Pink. Astronomy Domine. See Emily Play. The Happiest Days of Our Lives. Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. Echoes Edit. Hey You. Marooned Excerpt. Hidden categories: CS1 errors: dates Articles with hAudio microformats. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version.

Progressive rock. Another influence was the declining state of pianist, Richard Wright , who was allegedly struggling with cocaine addiction at the time. This is referenced in the song Nobody Home : Got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains. Romero and Cabo place the Nazism and imperialism related symbols in the context of Margaret Thatcher 's government and British foreign policy especially concerning the Falklands issue.

A second documentary about the film was produced in entitled Retrospective: Looking Back at The Wall that includes interviews with Waters, Parker, Scarfe, and other members of the film's production team. The film soundtrack contains most songs from the album, albeit with several changes, as well as additional material see table below. A soundtrack album from Columbia Records was listed in the film's end credits, but only a single containing "When the Tigers Broke Free" and the rerecorded "Bring the Boys Back Home" were released.

Guitarist David Gilmour dismissed the album as a collection of songs that had been rejected for The Wall project, but were being recycled. The song, in the edit used for the single, also appears on the compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the Pink Floyd album, see The Wall.

For other works related to the Pink Floyd album, see Wall disambiguation. Theatrical release poster. Alan Parker Animation: Gerald Scarfe. Release date. Running time.

See also: The Wall. The premiere at Cannes was amazing — the midnight screening. They took down two truckloads of audio equipment from the recording studios so it would sound better than normal.

It was one of the last films to be shown in the old Palais which was pretty run down and the sound was so loud it peeled the paint off the walls. It was like snow — it all started to shower down and everyone had dandruff at the end. I remember seeing Terry Semel there, who at the time was head of Warner Bros. They were only five rows ahead of me and I'm sure I saw Steven Spielberg mouthing to him at the end when the lights came up, 'what the fuck was that? It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before — a weird fusion of live-action, story-telling and of the surreal.

So it's difficult, painful and despairing, and its three most important artists came away from it with bad feelings. Why would anybody want to see it? Perhaps because filming this material could not possibly have been a happy experience for anyone—not if it's taken seriously. British Board of Film Classification. The Wall Live —81 , which contains portions of various live shows from the Wall Tour.

In , a tribute album The Wall [Redux] was released, with individual artists covering the entire album. This included Melvins ' version of "In The Flesh? All tracks written by Roger Waters , except where noted.

Pink Floyd []. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Pink Floyd album. For the film based on the album, see Pink Floyd — The Wall.

For other uses, see Wall disambiguation. Pink Floyd. Art rock [1] progressive rock [2] progressive pop [3]. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.

The disco beat used in "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" presented a marked change from Pink Floyd's previous releases.

Comfortably Numb. Planet Rock listeners voted "Comfortably Numb"'s two guitar solos the greatest of all time. I think things like 'Comfortably Numb' were the last embers of mine and Roger's ability to work collaboratively together.

The Trial. The album culminates with Pink's internal trial, leading to the collapse of his 'wall'. Waters David Gilmour. NWG collapsed in Andrew Warburg was jailed for three years upon his return to the UK in Jane's Addiction: In the Studio.

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