Pink Floyd The Wall movie is a hit released in 1982. It is still popular and famous today. Based on the music album of the same name released in 1979, it has collected more than $200 millions all around the world.
Alan Parker is the director of the film produced by Alan Marshall. Pink Floyd, whose music album has been used as music of the film, also narrated his life. Film does not have any other dialogues. Story is narrated by songs and music itself. It becomes a sort of long music video.
Brilliant symbolic imagery and sound are the main features of this film. He starts building an imaginary wall when he isolates himself due to mental anguish. Fatherless childhood, over protective mother, domineering teacher and distance from wife persecutes his mind.
He tries to fill gaps on the wall with expensive material possessions. This is symbolic reaction when he learns about wife's affair. Gets an emotional break down when he tries to answer wife's infidelity. Completes his wall thus symbolically isolates himself totally.
Suffers from hallucinations in alienation. He sees himself as a fascist. Later. he realizes his state and tries to reconnect with humans again. He is ordered by a imaginary British judge to pull down the wall and connect to peers. He destroys the wall.
Pink Floyd The Wall movie has some excellent animated effects by Geralde Scarfe.