Chinese Version

The Wall (UK/USA)

Annotate music with film

Director: Alan Parker

Cast: Bob Geldof   Kevin McKeon

Footage: 99min

Year: 1982 

The leading actor of the film is a young man Pink. He is  searching the midpoint between freedom and safety all along.

"The wall" is a metaphor for psychological isolation. It is a barrier Pink creates to distance himself from his pain,  and furthermore a shackle to exterminate freedom. Pink's father died in the last ditch when he was still a little boy. He grows up under his mother's overprotection. Pink is critical of the repressive school system. He seeks freedom from this world through writing and music. However, even after he achieves success "the wall" continues to grow following him. With his feeling trapped by fame and wounded by his failed personal relationships, Pink attempts to isolate himself from the world entirely.

Finally, alike the music album of Pink Floyd, the wall is pushed over.

This film is a magnum opus of Post-Modern Film.  Director Alan Parker mingles animation and dream-like sequences to make it fancy.