Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'?

Question

I just finished watching 'The Wall'.. twice. I still don't get it.

-Is The Wall a metaphor, an actual wall, a hallucination, or all of the above?

-The soldier's son, the rock star, and the Nationalsocialist : All the same guy?

-The rock star shaved his eyebrows and all of a sudden he's a warlord. Why?

-What's up with all the flying cartoon va*inas? Heck, what is up with the toons in general? Were they real or imaginary? What exactly does the trial at the end mean?

-Is it supposed to be a clever movie that makes you think (Requiem for a Dream, Trainspotting)? Or is it a goofy movie to trip out ston*rs (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Escape to Whitecastle)?


(If it hopped time and logic any more, they'd make it an episode of Lost.)

Answer 1

The movie tells the story of rock singer "Pink" who is sitting in his hotel room in Los Angeles, burnt out from the music business and only able to perform on stage with the help of drugs. Based on the 1979 double album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, the film begins in Pink's youth where he is crushed by the love of his mother. Several years later he is punished by the teachers in school because he is starting to write poems. Slowly he begins to build a wall around himself to be protected from the world outside. The film shows all this in massive and epic pictures until the very end where he tears down the wall and breaks free.



So the wall is both a metaphor and a hallucination of his madness. And yes, all three characters are the same person.



The "warlord" is how he becomes after the wall is built up.



The trial is about tearing the wall down and facing reality of his life and problems.



It's not a goofy movie like jay and silent bob. It just helps to be a Pink Floyd fan and to actually pay attention to the lyrics in the songs. If your not a fan of pink floyd chances are you don't like the movie.

Answer 2

After worldwide conflict 2 the Russians seized the east of Berlin at the same time as the Allies the West. There they built the Wall which seperated the two factors. East replaced into remoted to the West and the chilly conflict began. My dad then advised me that on the breaking of the wall there replaced right into a stay overall performance with crimson Floyd enjoying. for this reason the Wall. As i see it they are making a song truly approximately politics. Russian opression etc.

Answer 3

first off...BUY THE ALBUM!!!



second of all, LISTEN TO THE GUY ABOVE ME! that must be the most well thought out perspective on this movie i have ever heard. if you pay attention...you just might learn something.



oh and honestly, how do you hate flying "V". flying, sitting, swimming, sunbathing...i don't care. I <3 VaJaJa!!!

Answer 4

i ve watched it loads of times and still don t get it to be honest, i really enjoy watching it but it always makes me feel stupid for not unederstanding, not to worry i don t know one person that has understood it

Answer 5

Watch it on LSD.