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Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall

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8.1/10 • 45

2011-05-281h 20m

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This documentary looks at the conception, design and live shows of The Wall performed by Pink Floyd in 1980 and 1981. It features in-depth 1980s era interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason and shows footage of The Wall performed at Earl's Court in 1980. It also features archival footage of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and discusses how David Gilmour was brought into the band to initially augment their live shows when Syd became unreliable due to his drug problem and how Gilmour ultimately replaced him.

Directors
Sonia Anderson
Writters
Sonia Anderson

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  1. David Gilmour

    David Gilmour

    Self

  2. Nick Mason

    Nick Mason

    Self

  3. Roger Waters

    Roger Waters

    Self

  4. Richard Wright

    Richard Wright

    Self

  5. Joe Boyd

    Joe Boyd

    Self

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Wuchak

Nov 12, 2018

8/10

Focuses on the early years and skims over the rest This quality documentary from 2011 is only 80 minutes long with 50 minutes spent on the band’s beginnings in the 60s and the Syd Barrett years, plus the immediate aftermath, which covers their first two albums when they sounded like a cross between The Doors and latter-day Beatles. Speaking of whom, the film shows how The Beatles were recording SGT. PEPPER’S at the same studio when the Floyd boys were recording THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (1967) and how the Fab Four were influenced by Floyd’s creative and boundless psychedelia. This leaves 30 minutes for the rest of their career, including the most important period revolving around DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973), WISH YOU WERE HERE (1975), ANIMALS (1977) and THE WALL (1979), with ANIMALS being inexplicably omitted altogether! Still, what's here is very good with lots of footage from the era in question and interviews with the surviving band members & Co.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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