What I’ve got out of it was Pink was a musician who couldn’t handle it so he hid his emotions behind the metaphorical wall and was caught himself showing emotions during the song the trial and found himself being guilty so he tore the wall, again metaphorical, down and revealed his emotions.
What I got out of it was Pink is a successful musician who despite his success has fallen victim to his "wall" a classic 'whats the point?' his mental wall between people he has built. The many 'bricks' in the wall which are the events of the movie such as school, mother, wife, father and in the end his way of 'rebelling' against his feelings is to basically fight for what his 'ideal' world would be which is 'we are all victims and we need to fight back' mostly they tend to stem toward racial or political issues (imho this is how many teenagers tend to vent their own frustrations) but then he realizes at the end he was the one to blame and in the final minutes of the film he is 'judged' by the bricks in his wall but he makes the decision to bring it down.. to move on.. to bury his guns in the ground.. to no longer blame others (being racist/political) and just accept that he is beyond his 'feelings'.. What is the main takeaway? Your feeling of your past and present at first blur who you truly believe you are. You think that your father dying in the war, your overbearing mother, your inability to open up to your wife is a fair result of your wall (the things that have happened to you) but in the end your only truly free when you can overcome the need to be behind your (personal) wall and just live life above your past, (imho a very hard task many with bad pasts will struggle to overcome) and look toward the future. (TLDR, a person who is consumed by thoughts of his past/ego and overcomes it and starts to embrace the future) Thanks to any who any read this.
I thought it was about how the Wall, Pink’s Childhood defence mechanism of distancing his problems, has corrupted him into the very things that made him build the wall (The Nazis that killed his father, The predatory lashings out of the teacher, the cleanliness obsessed and authoritarian mother. Realising what he’s become from his delusions of a Nazi persona, he calls for it all to “STOP” letting his feelings halt the natural progression of the show, leading him to put himself on trial in his mind, both to figure out if he’s guilty for showing feelings or guilty for the construction of the wall. On the natural progression thing, Nazi Pink continuously references following and staying in order out of fear of reproductions. He represents how Pink has to accept his place and meaningful change is impossible, so why not take it out on those lesser people.
I feel like attempting to paint this as an album about antisemitism is a big stretch. A more accurate conenction would be Pink believing he's no better than the forces that took his father from him and caused him so much pain and sorrow, as well as showing the vileness and hate that's building in him as he lives in a world of sex drugs and rock n roll. Its more psychodrama than an attempt at showing that london was """racist""". I'm sure that got you an A, tho.
@@jamesmoyner7499...acid isn't so much a drug. It's a mind enhancer and I suggest everyone do acid at least once.... or 200X in their lives. It's great to have sex on, btw...but not the first few hours when you're peaking. After the 5-6th hour and after a couple of beers, that train will keep rolling my friend!! Seriously though, you should fuck on acid at least once in your life. It's amazing....and it gets you sooo close to your partner. Emotionally....you know? And the end result is pretty awesome!!! Like the 4th of July, Christmas, your birthday and a paid day off that you spent at the beach without having to pay for parking! Lol!
This album and film concept are a timeless masterpiece. Considering the era it was made in, the artistry and animation are jaw-dropping. I have watched it probably 20 times and find something new and mind boggling each time. Roger Waters is a musical genius and those who were involved in the production of the movie deserve to be Knighted.
In addition to my other comment: I remember listening to The Wall when I was 12, and the album was first released. At the time, I was attending a very strict, traditional English prep school, similar to the one attended by Pink. The refrain "We don´t need no education, we don´t need no thought control" struck me as being very profound at the time, and probably helped to set me on the path to juvenile delinquency. However, when I was 24, and somehow found myself teaching in a public high school (ironically, while also playing in a rock band, and going through a nervous breakdown), it occurred to me that I had been completely wrong about that, and that kids desperately need a quality education--and great teachers to lead the way. Unfortunately, I wasn´t up to that challenge at the time, and chose to pursue my music instead. Wearing two contradictory hats at the same time was just too much psychological pressure, and I had to leave the arena for a while. I can´t help but wonder how many high school teachers find themselves in the same position...Sting, I believe, was also a teacher; that´s what inspired his great song, "Don´t Stand So Close to Me".
I'm American. I'm just now exploring the true meaning of "The Wall." Though we do need education, we don't need the type that fosters thought control and lack of creativity. I'm 65 now and didn't find the creativity. Those that break free are the exception, not the rule.
The Schoolteacher scene is more significant when you realize the schoolteacher mocks Pink's poetry and that might be the worst triggering incident of them all. This is a HORRIBLE thing to do to a young artist, it's very possible the poems were about his father and delayed his ability to process the trauma with another one on top. I think Pink Floyd is commenting on the bleak defeatist attitude in Britain, specifically with two examples: "Mother's gonna put all her nightmares into you -" alluding to what I've heard is a pretty common negative/hopeless attitude of british mothers, and the "The boy thinks he's a poet!" scene, setting up school as something else that sucks all the joy out of things, especially art. Great teachers are desperately needed, but the system is so fucked (in America) that they're quitting in record numbers. I stumbled upon Finland, best and most cost-effective public school system in the world... you should check it out. As a society they decided to pay public school teachers the same as doctors and lawyers, and give them the same status. They probably have the least centralized and least structured curriculum in the world, and the whole thing works supremely well.
Damn, you Brits are super soft. “Nervous breakdown right outta high school in a rock band”. No wonder America won the revolution and had to save y’all again during WW2.
I was required to use published journal articles to construct my analysis, unfortunately I was only able to find literature comparing the movie to that of Great Britain. I would have loved to explore the overall narrative of the movie/album
Roger Waters' father died in 1944. In the movie and on the album the protagonist's father dies at the battle of Anzio in Italy which also happened in 1944. There is a dedication to Roger Waters father at the bottom of the album, the final cut. There are definitely some autobiographical elements to the wall for Roger Waters as well as depictions of Syd Barrett. I believe that the fate of Syd Barrett haunts Roger Waters to this day. By the way, this was a great background to the movie. Thank you for posting. The historical observations you made are fantastic.
A lot of people don’t understand why the fascism element is in there but to me it’s always made a lot of sense considering where the character is emotionally, plus I feel like it makes the character more of an anti-hero. He’s not a role model, he’s not a hero, he’s a prime example of what not to become. I think it’s meant to show the depths of what the wall can do to you
You missed a lot in this review and also forgot about history. Britain stood alone in 1940 against the Germans in painful defense of her island (as Churchill would famously say) until the Americans and later the Russians came to fight the Germans later to defeat Germany by 1945. That said, the Wall (the part you blatantly missed) came down both between Communism and Western democracies as well as the continuing Cold War which arguably exhibited even more violence in the 20th Century after WWII (especially in Russia and China). Recall that Europe felt the tension of the Cold War and the risk of nuclear war. The use of the hammer was a definite reference to Russian Communism using the same methods as Nazi Germany. The endless symbols of materialism, sex, and drugs in modern life represents the endless existential isolation not just within Pink but society at large. Individuals are crushed to conform even more from every angle (family/school/relationships/work/the State) with kids turned to sausage and a plethora of scary and violent imagery. Baby Boomers, especially in Europe, were scarred from this post war experience despite the sex, drugs, and rock diversions symbolic throughout the Wall. The psychosis of Pink is a greater reference to the violence and insanity of the 20th Century in the entire world. Roger Waters wrote this partially of his experience but extrapolated the thoughts into modern existential sadness all the way to the climax trial where feelings and humanity are ignored in the final verdict of Pink (both imagery in his head but also existing in the world, highlighted by "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb"; the show is a metaphor for one's life in society, not just a concert). That said, it is Roger's sad indictment of modern life (in his view).
@@kerwin1623 Yes. Most of the students Weren't interested at all. Instead they were secretly on their phones. I was one of the 5 that actually watched the thing.
One good thing about Nostalgia Critic's... thing about The Wall is that it validated its artistic merit and galvanized peoples' appreciation for it. I can expect this video to blow up in views in due time.
One of the most important albums ever at the right time with the right messages .groundbreaking stuff i seen them in the Dam during the early 90s .. Nice Post well presented..
An interesting commentary, tackling some of the prevalent themes in The Wall--one of the greatest rock albums of all time, also notable as the very first production to be recorded using digital technology. I was particularly struck by the clip´s emphasis on postwar antisemitism in Britain, a concept which was previously unfamiliar to me. However, I would venture to suggest that many of the most critical issues addressed by the album and film are barely touched upon by this brief, but intriguing, documentary. Yes, the historical and sociological influences and impact of The Wall were discussed in some detail--Roger Waters, along with an entire generation of stellar British rock musicians, was indeed profoundly influenced by the state of the UK after two devasting world wars in quick succession (And--just as importantly--the rising popularity among Britain´s disenfranchised youth of underground Black American blues artists, and the early years of rock ´n roll.). Many thousands of men were lost in these epic conflicts, and, after Hitler´s Blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain, the country was left in ruins, and the population was both poor and demoralized. (As a tangential aside, it is important to note that the US mainland largely escaped the cataclysmic destruction on the other side of the planet during this period, and in many ways, even came out ahead of the rest of the world.) However, the main thrust of The Wall is undeniably psychological. The music of Pink Floyd has largely been preoccupied with exploring the causes and effects of mental illness, ever since the psychedelic self-destruction of their original singer/songwriter, Syd Barrett, in the 1960s. Roger Waters has admitted that he was particularly influenced by the then-groundbreaking theories of Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, author of the seminal text, The Divided Self (Some of which, it should be acknowledged, were later discounted by Laing, as his professional perspective gradually evolved over time). Many of Laing´s theories on the genesis of mental illness are artistically dramatized in The Wall: the lack of a suitable paternal role model, the overcompensating smothering and projection of a narcissistic mother, the paralyzing mental conflicts of double-bind psychological demands and low self-esteem, the crippling effects of a strict and abusive childhood education, and the gradual development, implosion, and destruction of a false, protective sense of inner identity. Waters and Floyd also explored the psychological demands and effects of celebrity--on both talented, superstar artists, and their adoring fan base. Pink, the principal character of the film, (portrayed superbly by Bob Geldof, a talented musician in his own right, singer for the Boomtown Rats, and producer of the global Live Aid benefit concert in the 80´s) is generally accepted to be an alter ego of Waters himself. The Wall is symbolic of the sensitive soul´s psychologically suppressed true identity, and its eventual trial scene and self-destruction may also be viewed optimistically, as an opportunity for spiritual rebirth and healing. It is also interesting to note that the actual concrete wall, dividing East from West Berlin at the time, was a primary centerpiece of the Cold War conflict and animosity of this period. It may be only mere speculation to suggest a mutual influence between the Berlin Wall in Germany, and Pink Floyd´s contemporaneous concept album, The Wall; however, the Berlin Wall was finally torn down, nine years after The Wall´s release, and an actual live performance of the entire album was later staged by a sizeable gathering of individual recording artists, at the site of the Berlin Wall itself. Many keen observers of contemporary world affairs commented on the revolutionary significance of this concert, and some even believed this performance to be de facto evidence of the actual end of Cold War hostility and ideological polarity, and the beginning of sincere efforts toward the long-awaited German Reunification.
I never thought of it this way before, but it all makes sense. To me, I always thought (after watching another video about this movie and album), that it was about a wall that many of people throughout the world have mentally due to past trauma and bad experiences in life. Regardless, whatever the true meaning is, that movie beautifully depressing. What I mean is, it’s so dark and depressing (because all of us have past trauma in our lives at some point, some more than others), but at the same time, it’s so beautiful, original, and creative that someone could come up with this concept. The only other band that could remotely come close to Pink Floyd (in regards to using metaphors to describe something or illustrate a bigger picture), would be Tool. However, there will never be another concept album or movie like this ever again….. unless bands and writers start using psychedelics again.
This movie clearly represents a warning to the people who make celebrities who they are and the very influence that celebrities have have upon us. For example the man in the movie is famous but his views his beliefs are not quite what is best or at all in favor of the very people who made him famous. Celebrities have so much influence on us and we love these elites so much we wanna know everything about them. "LIKE, OMG!!” What are their favorite colors??who designs there clothes?! What’s their opinion on global warming?!?! WHO R THEY GONNA VOTE FOR?!?!?!!!! we wanna know so I can be just like Whitney Houston!!! Or Marilyn Monroe!!!! Or Biancé!!! Or Tina flippin Turner! Or those who wanna b just like Marilyn Manson.?!?!🤦🏻♀️. People b like: "OMG!! I’m gonna vote for whoever they vote for!!!! I won’t know Jack squat about what they can do for America but I’m going to vote for who ever brad Pitt vote for cause HE IS HOT!!! And if he’s doing the hitler dance then damnit So will I and I’m typically NOT even racist!!!! But he is so hot I am now!!! Next thing you know everyone’s made that guy famous and his influence so great but he’s flippin crazy and we r all now being influenced by some freak and it changes how we think and now we are ready to jump off a cliff cause that’s what Madonnas doing and there leading us to our own deaths. As depicted in the wall concert scene. This movie is brilliant just a simple message. that being to pay attention to whom u idolize and how much power u give em
I think this movie was a sort of warning about how the New World Order is being modelling through the decades, and that modern dictator is living among us right now.
Upon my first time listening to this album (today) I take it as someone who is clearly unhappy with the society they live in, and The Trial is them getting cast out of the society and Outside The Wall is the person coming to the idea “Man, who really wants to be apart of that society anyways?”. But I didn’t really pick up on anything besides that.
Absolutely ridiculous take, no matter who your sources are, the loss of Pinks father is nothing more than that not some pseudo idealist idea of the fall of the British Empire, the Facist symbolism is an obvious critique of British society following the War and a reflection of how Pink sees the world, after all the whole movie/album is about a traumatised child who turns to drugs after going through life without the guidance of a father figure
I think the wall repreasents how he deals with some childhood trauma blocking it off, and when he grown up he knew he must mature and grow out of it towards sociaty... There is the animation of a Transforming judge which is his own couniesness judging him - telling him to break down this wall immediately
The memories-When your love ones died during the war The madness-When the crisis strikes during postwar The music-When the rock is more popular during 50s and 60s The movie-When the sci Fi movie is popular during 70s The wall-when the Berlin wall is built in 1961
I had thought that the album was about the Cold war and Vietnam, since the wall would have implied Berlin, and in "The Trial", you can hear 'Tear Down this Wall!' A famous line from Ronald Reagan Plus you can hear Helicopters, Shouting, and just overall chaos Plus 'Bring the Boys back home' also would have supported this Plus the kids in the school sections of the album probably could have been when the teachers were shouting could have been the discrimination black people, Jewish people, or people that weren't white in the Times of the Vietnam war or cold war (probably not the latter) and the album is kind of a symbol for a descent into insanity because at the end of the album, it repeats itself and goes back to 'in the flesh?' Because they say 'isn't this where we came in?'
@@detectivepayne3773 some of the first helicopters weren't used until after WW2 had ended, and that was around 1944, about a year before the war ended which basically means it could be about the war, and even though Pink Floyd all are British, it doesn't mean that it couldn't have been about the chaos of the cold war and vietnam
@@shanetyler3228 the character of Pink Floyd (the person the album follows) is mostly inspired by Roger Waters who lost his father in WW2, i also think that the helicopter sounds were added to make the album timeless to create a more generalised idea of war that anyone can analise and conclude that war is bad no matter the circumstances
What I’ve got out of it was Pink was a musician who couldn’t handle it so he hid his emotions behind the metaphorical wall and was caught himself showing emotions during the song the trial and found himself being guilty so he tore the wall, again metaphorical, down and revealed his emotions.
Thats really what its kinda of about with a few references toward Syd Barrett
@@skyforn
exactly
What I got out of it was Pink is a successful musician who despite his success has fallen victim to his "wall" a classic 'whats the point?' his mental wall between people he has built. The many 'bricks' in the wall which are the events of the movie such as school, mother, wife, father and in the end his way of 'rebelling' against his feelings is to basically fight for what his 'ideal' world would be which is 'we are all victims and we need to fight back' mostly they tend to stem toward racial or political issues (imho this is how many teenagers tend to vent their own frustrations) but then he realizes at the end he was the one to blame and in the final minutes of the film he is 'judged' by the bricks in his wall but he makes the decision to bring it down.. to move on.. to bury his guns in the ground.. to no longer blame others (being racist/political) and just accept that he is beyond his 'feelings'.. What is the main takeaway? Your feeling of your past and present at first blur who you truly believe you are. You think that your father dying in the war, your overbearing mother, your inability to open up to your wife is a fair result of your wall (the things that have happened to you) but in the end your only truly free when you can overcome the need to be behind your (personal) wall and just live life above your past, (imho a very hard task many with bad pasts will struggle to overcome) and look toward the future. (TLDR, a person who is consumed by thoughts of his past/ego and overcomes it and starts to embrace the future) Thanks to any who any read this.
I thought it was about how the Wall, Pink’s Childhood defence mechanism of distancing his problems, has corrupted him into the very things that made him build the wall (The Nazis that killed his father, The predatory lashings out of the teacher, the cleanliness obsessed and authoritarian mother. Realising what he’s become from his delusions of a Nazi persona, he calls for it all to “STOP” letting his feelings halt the natural progression of the show, leading him to put himself on trial in his mind, both to figure out if he’s guilty for showing feelings or guilty for the construction of the wall.
On the natural progression thing, Nazi Pink continuously references following and staying in order out of fear of reproductions. He represents how Pink has to accept his place and meaningful change is impossible, so why not take it out on those lesser people.
It's basically Roger Waters life story.
Do not watch the movie stoned trust me
Nah it's amazing 😭
You wanna get the full explination look up Roger he did it and he explains part for part
Apparently your video here is getting my Wall Review more views according to YT Studio
Saw the movie stoned and on mushies back when i was 17, fuckin Amazing
You got it right on the target.
It's a thinly disguised autobiograpghy of Roger Waters.
I feel like attempting to paint this as an album about antisemitism is a big stretch. A more accurate conenction would be Pink believing he's no better than the forces that took his father from him and caused him so much pain and sorrow, as well as showing the vileness and hate that's building in him as he lives in a world of sex drugs and rock n roll. Its more psychodrama than an attempt at showing that london was """racist""".
I'm sure that got you an A, tho.
Spot on
Couldn’t have said it any better
Not the whole album, but listen to In the Flesh again, it's definitely an aspect of it
@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 an 'Aspect' that this guy stretched like taffy.
@@professorsponge1554 everyone has their own interpretations dude it's just some guy's vid yano
Thank you for the explanation because I was so confused watching this film and I am 24!
Qui'Andre Jamill I do not do drugs, but more power to you.
F1aw1ess11 I only drink water and milk. I see your point though.
Qui'Andre Jamill Or 🍄 cuz those are awesome too
@Qui'Andre Jamill I watched it frying in the late 80's. I understood it, but damn dude...I was so depressed!!
@@jamesmoyner7499...acid isn't so much a drug. It's a mind enhancer and I suggest everyone do acid at least once.... or 200X in their lives. It's great to have sex on, btw...but not the first few hours when you're peaking. After the 5-6th hour and after a couple of beers, that train will keep rolling my friend!! Seriously though, you should fuck on acid at least once in your life. It's amazing....and it gets you sooo close to your partner. Emotionally....you know? And the end result is pretty awesome!!! Like the 4th of July, Christmas, your birthday and a paid day off that you spent at the beach without having to pay for parking! Lol!
This album and film concept are a timeless masterpiece. Considering the era it was made in, the artistry and animation are jaw-dropping. I have watched it probably 20 times and find something new and mind boggling each time. Roger Waters is a musical genius and those who were involved in the production of the movie deserve to be Knighted.
Yes the animation was out of this world.
Its use of symbology to tell a story was incredible.
Couldnt agree more. This movies is a musical masterpiece.
In addition to my other comment: I remember listening to The Wall when I was 12, and the album was first released. At the time, I was attending a very strict, traditional English prep school, similar to the one attended by Pink. The refrain "We don´t need no education, we don´t need no thought control" struck me as being very profound at the time, and probably helped to set me on the path to juvenile delinquency. However, when I was 24, and somehow found myself teaching in a public high school (ironically, while also playing in a rock band, and going through a nervous breakdown), it occurred to me that I had been completely wrong about that, and that kids desperately need a quality education--and great teachers to lead the way. Unfortunately, I wasn´t up to that challenge at the time, and chose to pursue my music instead. Wearing two contradictory hats at the same time was just too much psychological pressure, and I had to leave the arena for a while. I can´t help but wonder how many high school teachers find themselves in the same position...Sting, I believe, was also a teacher; that´s what inspired his great song, "Don´t Stand So Close to Me".
I'm American. I'm just now exploring the true meaning of "The Wall." Though we do need education, we don't need the type that fosters thought control and lack of creativity. I'm 65 now and didn't find the creativity. Those that break free are the exception, not the rule.
The Schoolteacher scene is more significant when you realize the schoolteacher mocks Pink's poetry and that might be the worst triggering incident of them all. This is a HORRIBLE thing to do to a young artist, it's very possible the poems were about his father and delayed his ability to process the trauma with another one on top.
I think Pink Floyd is commenting on the bleak defeatist attitude in Britain, specifically with two examples: "Mother's gonna put all her nightmares into you -" alluding to what I've heard is a pretty common negative/hopeless attitude of british mothers, and the "The boy thinks he's a poet!" scene, setting up school as something else that sucks all the joy out of things, especially art.
Great teachers are desperately needed, but the system is so fucked (in America) that they're quitting in record numbers. I stumbled upon Finland, best and most cost-effective public school system in the world... you should check it out. As a society they decided to pay public school teachers the same as doctors and lawyers, and give them the same status. They probably have the least centralized and least structured curriculum in the world, and the whole thing works supremely well.
Damn, you Brits are super soft. “Nervous breakdown right outta high school in a rock band”. No wonder America won the revolution and had to save y’all again during WW2.
You’ve explained the anti Semitic stuff and meaningless towards Britain but what about the story in the wall?
I was required to use published journal articles to construct my analysis, unfortunately I was only able to find literature comparing the movie to that of Great Britain. I would have loved to explore the overall narrative of the movie/album
Or why the other events in his life like the betrayal of the woman or the reasons he built the wall too either keep people out or keeping himself in
Jartard SSJPDSC
Unlike Doug who missed the point of the movie entirely and just called “protections and full of itself”.
Roger Waters' father died in 1944. In the movie and on the album the protagonist's father dies at the battle of Anzio in Italy which also happened in 1944. There is a dedication to Roger Waters father at the bottom of the album, the final cut.
There are definitely some autobiographical elements to the wall for Roger Waters as well as depictions of Syd Barrett. I believe that the fate of Syd Barrett haunts Roger Waters to this day.
By the way, this was a great background to the movie. Thank you for posting. The historical observations you made are fantastic.
watching this to impress an indie music boy, thank you sir, i appreciate your hard work
@Yusuf Shaikh jokes on you, we're dating now 😜😜
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A lot of people don’t understand why the fascism element is in there but to me it’s always made a lot of sense considering where the character is emotionally, plus I feel like it makes the character more of an anti-hero. He’s not a role model, he’s not a hero, he’s a prime example of what not to become. I think it’s meant to show the depths of what the wall can do to you
Good University style dissertation ... Now take some acid and experience it's real meaning
It could be viewed as what this guy explains it as but truly its about isolation.
You missed a lot in this review and also forgot about history. Britain stood alone in 1940 against the Germans in painful defense of her island (as Churchill would famously say) until the Americans and later the Russians came to fight the Germans later to defeat Germany by 1945. That said, the Wall (the part you blatantly missed) came down both between Communism and Western democracies as well as the continuing Cold War which arguably exhibited even more violence in the 20th Century after WWII (especially in Russia and China). Recall that Europe felt the tension of the Cold War and the risk of nuclear war. The use of the hammer was a definite reference to Russian Communism using the same methods as Nazi Germany. The endless symbols of materialism, sex, and drugs in modern life represents the endless existential isolation not just within Pink but society at large. Individuals are crushed to conform even more from every angle (family/school/relationships/work/the State) with kids turned to sausage and a plethora of scary and violent imagery. Baby Boomers, especially in Europe, were scarred from this post war experience despite the sex, drugs, and rock diversions symbolic throughout the Wall. The psychosis of Pink is a greater reference to the violence and insanity of the 20th Century in the entire world. Roger Waters wrote this partially of his experience but extrapolated the thoughts into modern existential sadness all the way to the climax trial where feelings and humanity are ignored in the final verdict of Pink (both imagery in his head but also existing in the world, highlighted by "Hey You" and "Comfortably Numb"; the show is a metaphor for one's life in society, not just a concert). That said, it is Roger's sad indictment of modern life (in his view).
My Music teacher played this in our music lesson And i was So confused watching this film. Thank you for explaining this. 👍
What grade?
The movie...? Uncensored? To a class full of students?
@@kerwin1623 Yes. Most of the students Weren't interested at all. Instead they were secretly on their phones. I was one of the 5 that actually watched the thing.
One good thing about Nostalgia Critic's... thing about The Wall is that it validated its artistic merit and galvanized peoples' appreciation for it. I can expect this video to blow up in views in due time.
One of the most important albums ever at the right time with the right messages .groundbreaking stuff i seen them in the Dam during the early 90s .. Nice Post well presented..
An interesting commentary, tackling some of the prevalent themes in The Wall--one of the greatest rock albums of all time, also notable as the very first production to be recorded using digital technology. I was particularly struck by the clip´s emphasis on postwar antisemitism in Britain, a concept which was previously unfamiliar to me. However, I would venture to suggest that many of the most critical issues addressed by the album and film are barely touched upon by this brief, but intriguing, documentary. Yes, the historical and sociological influences and impact of The Wall were discussed in some detail--Roger Waters, along with an entire generation of stellar British rock musicians, was indeed profoundly influenced by the state of the UK after two devasting world wars in quick succession (And--just as importantly--the rising popularity among Britain´s disenfranchised youth of underground Black American blues artists, and the early years of rock ´n roll.). Many thousands of men were lost in these epic conflicts, and, after Hitler´s Blitzkrieg and the Battle of Britain, the country was left in ruins, and the population was both poor and demoralized. (As a tangential aside, it is important to note that the US mainland largely escaped the cataclysmic destruction on the other side of the planet during this period, and in many ways, even came out ahead of the rest of the world.) However, the main thrust of The Wall is undeniably psychological. The music of Pink Floyd has largely been preoccupied with exploring the causes and effects of mental illness, ever since the psychedelic self-destruction of their original singer/songwriter, Syd Barrett, in the 1960s. Roger Waters has admitted that he was particularly influenced by the then-groundbreaking theories of Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, author of the seminal text, The Divided Self (Some of which, it should be acknowledged, were later discounted by Laing, as his professional perspective gradually evolved over time). Many of Laing´s theories on the genesis of mental illness are artistically dramatized in The Wall: the lack of a suitable paternal role model, the overcompensating smothering and projection of a narcissistic mother, the paralyzing mental conflicts of double-bind psychological demands and low self-esteem, the crippling effects of a strict and abusive childhood education, and the gradual development, implosion, and destruction of a false, protective sense of inner identity. Waters and Floyd also explored the psychological demands and effects of celebrity--on both talented, superstar artists, and their adoring fan base. Pink, the principal character of the film, (portrayed superbly by Bob Geldof, a talented musician in his own right, singer for the Boomtown Rats, and producer of the global Live Aid benefit concert in the 80´s) is generally accepted to be an alter ego of Waters himself. The Wall is symbolic of the sensitive soul´s psychologically suppressed true identity, and its eventual trial scene and self-destruction may also be viewed optimistically, as an opportunity for spiritual rebirth and healing. It is also interesting to note that the actual concrete wall, dividing East from West Berlin at the time, was a primary centerpiece of the Cold War conflict and animosity of this period. It may be only mere speculation to suggest a mutual influence between the Berlin Wall in Germany, and Pink Floyd´s contemporaneous concept album, The Wall; however, the Berlin Wall was finally torn down, nine years after The Wall´s release, and an actual live performance of the entire album was later staged by a sizeable gathering of individual recording artists, at the site of the Berlin Wall itself. Many keen observers of contemporary world affairs commented on the revolutionary significance of this concert, and some even believed this performance to be de facto evidence of the actual end of Cold War hostility and ideological polarity, and the beginning of sincere efforts toward the long-awaited German Reunification.
Yeah I thought it was good
I can’t get past the monotone quick read. Put some feeling into it kid. You lost me
Chill out with the guy man.
This is a school project, not a video made specifically for youtube
I watched this a few years ago and I didn't understand the storyline, this makes it so much more clear
I never thought of it this way before, but it all makes sense. To me, I always thought (after watching another video about this movie and album), that it was about a wall that many of people throughout the world have mentally due to past trauma and bad experiences in life. Regardless, whatever the true meaning is, that movie beautifully depressing. What I mean is, it’s so dark and depressing (because all of us have past trauma in our lives at some point, some more than others), but at the same time, it’s so beautiful, original, and creative that someone could come up with this concept. The only other band that could remotely come close to Pink Floyd (in regards to using metaphors to describe something or illustrate a bigger picture), would be Tool. However, there will never be another concept album or movie like this ever again….. unless bands and writers start using psychedelics again.
This movie clearly represents a warning to the people who make celebrities who they are and the very influence that celebrities have have upon us. For example the man in the movie is famous but his views his beliefs are not quite what is best or at all in favor of the very people who made him famous. Celebrities have so much influence on us and we love these elites so much we wanna know everything about them. "LIKE, OMG!!” What are their favorite colors??who designs there clothes?! What’s their opinion on global warming?!?! WHO R THEY GONNA VOTE FOR?!?!?!!!! we wanna know so I can be just like Whitney Houston!!! Or Marilyn Monroe!!!! Or Biancé!!! Or Tina flippin Turner! Or those who wanna b just like Marilyn Manson.?!?!🤦🏻♀️. People b like: "OMG!! I’m gonna vote for whoever they vote for!!!! I won’t know Jack squat about what they can do for America but I’m going to vote for who ever brad Pitt vote for cause HE IS HOT!!! And if he’s doing the hitler dance then damnit So will I and I’m typically NOT even racist!!!! But he is so hot I am now!!! Next thing you know everyone’s made that guy famous and his influence so great but he’s flippin crazy and we r all now being influenced by some freak and it changes how we think and now we are ready to jump off a cliff cause that’s what Madonnas doing and there leading us to our own deaths. As depicted in the wall concert scene. This movie is brilliant just a simple message. that being to pay attention to whom u idolize and how much power u give em
Yea I do believe that what ur saying is totally wrong .there is to much more involved in the concept of the mind ..then just the war..
I think it's a bit of a stretch to sum the whole experience up in 5 mins but nevertheless good vid
I love this movie, I watched it alot as a kid on VHS.
The wall is actually about twitter and the consequences of Fatherless Behavior
My dad literally flew across the ocean leaving me nothing but shit memorys
I had a couple of memories of my father.
I think this movie was a sort of warning about how the New World Order is being modelling through the decades, and that modern dictator is living among us right now.
exactly !
It’s pretty self explanatory
Upon my first time listening to this album (today) I take it as someone who is clearly unhappy with the society they live in, and The Trial is them getting cast out of the society and Outside The Wall is the person coming to the idea “Man, who really wants to be apart of that society anyways?”. But I didn’t really pick up on anything besides that.
Absolutely ridiculous take, no matter who your sources are, the loss of Pinks father is nothing more than that not some pseudo idealist idea of the fall of the British Empire, the Facist symbolism is an obvious critique of British society following the War and a reflection of how Pink sees the world, after all the whole movie/album is about a traumatised child who turns to drugs after going through life without the guidance of a father figure
I think the wall repreasents how he deals with some childhood trauma blocking it off, and when he grown up he knew he must mature and grow out of it towards sociaty...
There is the animation of a Transforming judge which is his own couniesness judging him - telling him to break down this wall immediately
The memories-When your love ones died during the war
The madness-When the crisis strikes during postwar
The music-When the rock is more popular during 50s and 60s
The movie-When the sci Fi movie is popular during 70s
The wall-when the Berlin wall is built in 1961
Great video dude
I believe there's more to the story. However, you did a great job. Hands up.
Thought it was about a singer named Sid building a wall 🤔
B+
Seriously? Get over yourself!
Lmao triggered
I had thought that the album was about the Cold war and Vietnam, since the wall would have implied Berlin, and in "The Trial", you can hear 'Tear Down this Wall!' A famous line from Ronald Reagan
Plus you can hear Helicopters, Shouting, and just overall chaos
Plus 'Bring the Boys back home' also would have supported this
Plus the kids in the school sections of the album probably could have been when the teachers were shouting could have been the discrimination black people, Jewish people, or people that weren't white in the Times of the Vietnam war or cold war (probably not the latter) and the album is kind of a symbol for a descent into insanity because at the end of the album, it repeats itself and goes back to 'in the flesh?' Because they say 'isn't this where we came in?'
the uk didn't fight in Vietnam, so it's impossible for the album to be about Vietnam
@@detectivepayne3773 some of the first helicopters weren't used until after WW2 had ended, and that was around 1944, about a year before the war ended which basically means it could be about the war, and even though Pink Floyd all are British, it doesn't mean that it couldn't have been about the chaos of the cold war and vietnam
@@shanetyler3228 the character of Pink Floyd (the person the album follows) is mostly inspired by Roger Waters who lost his father in WW2, i also think that the helicopter sounds were added to make the album timeless to create a more generalised idea of war that anyone can analise and conclude that war is bad no matter the circumstances
Reagan wasn’t president when this album was made. Your timeline seems to suffer from your historical misinformation.