Pink Floyd intended to make a movie of its groundbreaking 1979 concept album The Wall before it was even recorded. It took nearly three years, numerous creative battles and several iterations for director Alan Parker (Fame, Evita, The Commitments) to bring the best-seller to the big screen. Rocker-turned-philanthropist Bob Geldof stars as Pink, a rock star who becomes increasingly isolated and depressed as his fame grows, building a metaphorical wall around him in the process. Using the original music (and some written for the movie) as the narrative, Parker expands upon the dark tone of bassist-singer-screenwriter Roger Waters’ autobiographical psychodrama with surrealistic imagery and Gerald Scarfe’s riveting animations. Parker’s Wall is a surrealistic, often horrifying vision of longing and deeply repressed emotions and one of the most terrifying musicals you’ll ever see. — Doug Pullen
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