well he does cut ones nipple off

have you watched it while stoned?

You don't need to be stoned to 'get' The Wall. It's a chronological tale of Pink's life, played by Bob Geldof. From infancy, his father dying in WWII, his over protective mother, the cruel schoolmaster were all factors in the building of Pink's wall. In his early adult years, he gains fame as a musician, all the while, disconnecting with the world around him, including his wife. Building his wall.

He further deteriorates by filling the void of love and compassion in his life with drugs and women, until he finally goes over the edge and has a breakdown. The 'powers that be', the ones who see him as a their cash cow, use any means they can to get him up on stage, while Pink, on the inside is crying for help, and is lonely, so lonely he attempts suicide.

He embraces, briefly, his status as icon. It's portrayed in the movie as a Hitler like dictatorship.

In the end, though, he quits, and his life is on trial, with all the people who helped build his wall there.

I could write for an hour about the importance of this album, and the multiple layers of symbolism it contains, the commentary on the social mindset, but all I can say is, if you want to 'get it', you're going to have to watch it more than once.

An interesting note, though, is that at the very end of the album, the very last words spoken are "This is where..."

And the first words spoken in the beginning of the album are "...we came in"

i'm not saying you have to be stoned to undertand the wall. actually i'll never say that, i was just saying that when you stoned watching the wall its just trippy. but being solber can be the same thing, it all depends really what a person finds interesting and keeps them focused in a movie, cause if you don't feel completely comfortable watching this movie and your thinking to much about what you don't understand in the movie and question it to much you'll miss it.. you'll miss the whole point.. all and all its about Pink Floyds father how he was in the war, and the life it left him with, without a father, the life he had.. his feelings towards life, how he wants it to be.. how everything in one part of your life can effect every part of your life and it does in his... and the point goes on and on..

the Album itself is much better then the movie... but that movie is pretty amazing.

And then of course there's the obvious recurring theme of conformity and what not... as for watching it stoned, I'm going to have to agree with Stone Magnet and say there's better stuff to watch.

The pink character is based on both Roger Waters and Syd Barrett...And a lot of the things he does in the movie come from sh*t that either Roger or Syd has done in real life.

The movie is a autobiography in many ways.

it's more the animation, ay least thats what i noticed, i was all like wtf is going on? when i was stoned and sober.


and dark side of the rainbow is trippy, just how it all fits together.

As far as I'm aware, the Movie doesn't have a full explanation. I watched it a while ago, but, after watching it again, it made a lot more sense ^^ especially the part with our flag melting into the cross.

More or less, he has a mental break down. Still even now the animation looks fantastic! Comfortably Numb is *the* best song ever, in my opinion. :-))

You should get it on DVD, theres a special commentary from Roger Waters and director Allan Parker, they help make it pretty clear.

It`s a great cure for insomnia