Roger Waters Movies
- 2001
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From the late '60s to the early '70s, Pink Floyd grew from a British experimental rock band exploring the outer edges of the psychedelic experience to one of the world's most popular and revered rock groups. But one of the group's key members didn't last the full ride with the band -- Syd Barrett, the songwriter and singer who sparked the group's early hits and led the charge on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, descended into an introspective madness which was compounded by his ravenous enthusiasm for LSD. The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story is a documentary which examines Pink Floyd's first flash of fame, Barrett's rise and tragic fall, and how the group moved on without him while acknowledging his influence on the album Wish You Were Here. The documentary features rare performance footage, interviews with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters, and memories from a handful of friends and associates of the band. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 2000
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Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters performs songs from every phase of his distinguished career on the video Roger Waters: In the Flesh - Live. Backed by a competent set of musicians, Waters plays such favorites as "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2", "Brain Damage", "Comfortably Numb", "Southampton Dock", and the title track. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1989
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This large musical project features Pink Floyd, along with a cast of hundreds in the performance of The Wall. Includes a look at the historic Berlin Wall collapse and features interviews and some behind the scene views. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1988
This video contains songs from former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' second solo album Radio K.A.O.S. As with most Waters efforts, Radio K.A.O.S. is a concept album about a handicapped boy who receives radio signals in his head. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1986
In this animated film, based on the novel by Raymond Briggs, an older English couple must struggle to deal with their altered reality when a nuclear war strikes, destroying their peaceful lives. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peggy Ashcroft, John Mills, (more)
Inspired by Pink Floyd's album of the same name, Pink Floyd: The Wall is a dark, expressionistic musical, told from the point of view of Pink, a depressed rock musician. The film is structured around Pink's reflections on his life, all of which center on the building of "the wall." This wall is a metaphor for psychological isolation, a barrier Pink creates to distance himself from his pain. The foundations for this wall are lain in childhood, with the death of Pink's father leaving him to be raised by an overprotective mother and a repressive school system. He seeks freedom from this world through writing and music. However, even after he achieves success as a rock star, the wall continues to grow, with Pink feeling trapped by fame and wounded by his failed personal relationships. Lost in despair and self-loathing, he attempts to isolate himself from the world entirely. Director Alan Parker approaches this material in a highly stylized manner, mingling animation and dream-like sequences to suggest Pink's perception of the world. These techniques complement the almost constant music, which the film often uses in place of dialogue. Songs include "Another Brick in the Wall" and "Comfortably Numb". ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, (more)
Pink Floyd fared better than many other rock ensembles at having themselves translated to the big screen. Their atmospheric, unconventional music certainly helped; but importantly, they chose talented, established filmmakers to helm these projects, such as Alan Parker for their rock opera Pink Floyd - The Wall and here Adrian Maben, a French documentarian with a keen eye, whose elliptical style and sense of control elevates the film above the many glorified home movies produced by Pink Floyd's contemporaries.
Essentially a Pink Floyd concert without an audience, the bulk of the film shows Pink Floyd (surrounded by an unabashedly displayed crew of shirtless cameramen and roadies) playing music at the center of the crumbling Pompeii amphitheater from mid-day until late into the night. Throught the film Maben intercuts or superimposes images of the Pompeii ruins, the surrounding countryside, eroded mosaics and sculptures, and of course the members of Pink Floyd -- indistinguishable from the disheveled technicians around them -- as they perform songs and instrumental pieces from Meddle and their improvisational double-album Ummagumma. Highlights include a re-working of "One of These Days," focused exclusively on drummer Nick Mason (a session from which no other footage was extant), as the other members of the band play in a starfield of studio lights; and the eastern-tinged "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," from Capitol's 1968 Saucerful of Secrets album.
Brief, revealing interviews with the band, in England during the recording of their forthcoming album Dark Side of the Moon, were included by Maben as an afterthought, as were a few informal sequences of the band eating breakfast in the studio cafeteria. ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide
Essentially a Pink Floyd concert without an audience, the bulk of the film shows Pink Floyd (surrounded by an unabashedly displayed crew of shirtless cameramen and roadies) playing music at the center of the crumbling Pompeii amphitheater from mid-day until late into the night. Throught the film Maben intercuts or superimposes images of the Pompeii ruins, the surrounding countryside, eroded mosaics and sculptures, and of course the members of Pink Floyd -- indistinguishable from the disheveled technicians around them -- as they perform songs and instrumental pieces from Meddle and their improvisational double-album Ummagumma. Highlights include a re-working of "One of These Days," focused exclusively on drummer Nick Mason (a session from which no other footage was extant), as the other members of the band play in a starfield of studio lights; and the eastern-tinged "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," from Capitol's 1968 Saucerful of Secrets album.
Brief, revealing interviews with the band, in England during the recording of their forthcoming album Dark Side of the Moon, were included by Maben as an afterthought, as were a few informal sequences of the band eating breakfast in the studio cafeteria. ~ Anthony Reed, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, (more)
- 1972
In this hour-long film, the legendary British rock group, Pink Floyd perform (without an audience) in an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii. With good sound, good photography and a very scenic setting, this 1972 film is a must for fans of the group and the music they pioneered. By that time, Pink Floyd had recorded four albums: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Ummagumma, Relics, and Meddle. This film is more or less a precursor to the "rock-videos" of a later era, as it has no documentary aspect: it's an all-music movie. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- 1970
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Zabriskie Point, director Michelangelo Antonioni's only American film, is an unusual, visually stunning examination of youthful rebellion against the Establishment. The film, initially presented in quasi-documentary style, presents a group of college activists discussing key issues of their political agenda. Mark (Mark Frechette) steals an airplane and flies over a desert where he meets Daria (Daria Halprin). She is the pot-smoking secretary to businessman Lee Allen (Rod Taylor), while he is a rebel searching for a worthy cause. In the midst of the arid surroundings, Mark and Daria fall in love. Antonioni's nonrealistic approach to American counterculture myths, his loose and sluggish narrative, and the dialogue (credited to Fred Gardner, Sam Shepard, Tonino Guerra, Clare Peploe, and Antonioni) caused Zabriskie Point to be poorly received when it was first released. The score features songs from Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, Kaleidoscope, The Rolling Stones, John Fahey, The Youngbloods and Patti Page. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, (more)
- 1970
This scientific documentary discovers the wonders of the human body while using external and internal cameras. Vanessa Redgrave and Frank Finlay are the commentators of this project that combines the knowledge of the world's most renowned human biologists and anatomical experts. Unlike many presentations, this is an entertaining feature that avoids the dry and often monotonous tone taken by films of similar subject matter. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
A young man from Germany (Klaus Grunberg) leaves home and travels to Paris. Hooking up with a group of hippies, he is enamored by an American girl (Mimsy Farmer) he meets at a party. The two leave for an island off the coast of Spain and become lovers. He becomes aware she is a heroin user and warns her about the drawbacks of narcotics. The American girl allows him to sleep with her girlfriend and try heroin. After an LSD trip, the girl leaves him and he takes too much of the hallucinogenic drug. Pink Floyd provides the music for this film that decries the excesses of the counterculture. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mimsy Farmer, Klaus Grunberg, (more)
In 1966, British filmmaker Peter Whitehead was working on a film about the creative scene in London as the city was moving from the "Mod" era into the dawn of the psychedelic movement. Wanting music that would capture the adventurous spirit of the day, Whitehead recruited an up-and-coming band called the Pink Floyd, and filmed a recording session in which the group recorded two extended pieces for the film, their epochal performance piece "Interstellar Overdrive" and an improvisation called "Nick's Boogie". Excerpts from the two numbers and footage from the recording sessions appeared in Whitehead's film Tonight Let's All Make Love In London, but the Pink Floyd recordings make their first complete appearance in Pink Floyd: London 1966/1967, in which the music is accompanied by footage of the band in the studio, performing onstage at London's fabled UFO Club, and appearing in images from the legendary 1967 London happening "The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream." John Lennon, Julie Christie and Mary Quant are among the other stars of the moment who can be spotted in the film. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
