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Summary: Genius Filmmaking
Review: I have only recently discovered Pink Floyd. However, I already own 3 CDs (The Wall, Is There Anybody out There? and Dark Side of the Moon) and now I have just seen this DVD version of the movie. It is one of the greatest films of all time. The animation is superb, and the story is well translated. The only pitfall of the movie is that some of the album's songs are missing, changed or replaced to better fit the movie. Other than that, however, I can say no ill against it.
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Summary: excellent work
Review: as being a band's fan, this DVD version really makes my nerves vibrating. all people behind this work (both technically and artistically) really did a great job. thank you all folks. i strongly recommend it to anyone who really wants a masterpiece for his/her home library.
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Summary: Supplemental material adds to understanding of The Wall
Review: As a Pink Floyd fan and as a fan of The Wall since adolescence, the movie and album have been inspirations to me but always with a twist of depression. This DVD sheds new light on The Wall and has allowed me to bring a new appreciation to the movie as well as the album. Perhaps the best supplement is the running commentary between Waters and Scarfe which brings their experiences of childhood and WWII and Britain to the forefront, experiences which allowed the musician and cartoonist to collaborate in such a way as we may never see again. I was deeply impressed by the entire commentary. Yes, this is a largely autobiographical work, but seen in an historical rather than just an autobiographical light, it makes the movie and the album, as well as Roger Waters, seem less self-indulgent and makes viewers see him as an intelligent, creative person rather than someone wallowing in the past.
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Summary: Dour and mesmerising
Review: You should watch this. It is not the easiest of films to view or follow, but the marriage of the music and images is sometimes irrelevant, and at others brilliant. Geral Scarfes cartoons are a real treat and there are occasions when there is real (black) humour. I often wonder about Roger Water's mental health; is he chronically depressed, experiencing psychosis or brilliant? A must for Floyd fans, should be watched by as many others as possible.
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: A masterpiece of sound and music
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Summary: The best audio commentaty track so far on a DVD!
Review: For those reading this review who haven't seen or God forbid haven't even heard of this disturbing masterpiece: WHAT THE HECK ARE YA WAITING FOR? True, it's not exactly the most uplifting and cheerful movie ever made, but even if you see it just once in your whole life, you will remember it always.Basic plotline: Rockstar Pink (semi-autobiographical embodiment of Roger Waters, Pink Floyd's bassist, vocalist, and chief songwriter) has had a rough childhood, a rocky marriage, a few too many pills, and few too many gigs. So, to cope, he sits in a hotel room in front of a TV showing English WWII movies and slowly loses touch with reality through flashbacks, paranoia, and nightmarishly surreal animation by Gerald Scarfe (these bits are my favorites!). There is very little dialogue, as the movie serves as little more than a ninety-minute music video of the 1979 masterpiece album of the same name. The cool thing about the DVD (besides finally getting to see the footage intended to accompany the song "Hey You" which was deleted by Waters himself), is the audio commentary provided by Waters and Scarfe, who actually (gasp!) TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE! So many of the DVD's I've seen with this feature simply let the director, or whoever's talking, ramble on about politics or people they met while writing another movie altogether while a scene that you would have loved to have some of their insight to is playing...ARRRRGH! Here, the rather witty duo explain each scene's meaning, inception, and even trivia bits like trick camera work. There's a hilarious Mystery Science Theater 3000-ish bit of goofing around on Waters' part during the "Is There Anybody Out There?" sequence that was very surprising. I expected these guys, especially Waters, to be stuffy and dismal, considering the movie. Secret trick by the way: the DVD has a LOT of interactive menus, and on all of them, save for the into/main menu, if you push the "9" on your remote, it will acitvate a different sort of sound byte. Nothing real exciting, but kind of amusing. Other movies you might want to check out that actually have pretty good commentaries on them: Natural Born Killers Direct. Cut (Oliver Stone shows you all kinds of stuff you might never have noticed about the film). Clerks (Kevin Smith and members of the cast, including a very intoxicated Jason Mewes). Detroit Rock City (One of the commentary tracks is actually a series of interviews with KISS band members).
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Summary: IF YOU EVER LIKED PINK FLOYD....BUY THIS DVD
Review: I can only sum this DVD up by saying one thing: I spent two hours watching the supplemental material before actually watching the movie. The huge variety of choices afforded the viewer (captions of lyrics or of the dialogue, other special features) makes this movie a must have for Pink Floyd Fans. The colors in the transfer is exceptionally bright and graphic, in fact, I would have to say even people who hated Pink Floyd would have to compliment the quality of the sound and video and the scope of the additional material added to the DVD.
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Summary: yo its the bomb
Review: yo this movie is mad good
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Summary: The Wall: An Epic on Alienation
Review: The Wall is a successful and pertinent commentary on the alienation and anxiety which characterize life. Seemingly unrelated themes and traditionally independent media are artistically entwined, thus creating a work worthy of everyone's contemplation, a work whose angst we can all relate to, if we are willing to face it.
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Summary: Intensely beautiful
Review: Did you like this? Have you seen it? Does it frighten you? Is there anybody out there? This is one of the most stunning films you can imagine. It has the visual intensity and strong statements that make films like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Natural Born Killers wonderful, but it is put to a score full of passion. Unlike those movies, this is a very introspective and personal journey that many people are uncomfortable making. I put this movie on expecting to find a decent film with wonderful music, and it turned out that the cinematography is just as strong as the music. This movie is very intense, and it is not just an album put to pictures, it is a message put to film and magnificently scored, the fact that the music was on a Floyd album is pretty much incidental. If you have resisted watching this movie because you are not a big Floyd fan, put your prejudices aside and give it a shot, else: all in all your just a-nother brick in the wall.....
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