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Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall( 2011)

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This documentary looks at the conception, design and live shows of The Wall performed by Pink Floyd in 1980 and 1981. It features in-depth 1980s era interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason and shows footage of The Wall performed at Earl's Court in 1980. It also features archival footage of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and discusses how David Gilmour was brought into the band to initially augment their live shows when Syd became unreliable due to his drug problem and how Gilmour ultimately replaced him.

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      David Gilmour

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      Nick Mason

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      Roger Waters

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      Richard Wright

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      Joe Boyd

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Mon Nov 12 2018
    ***Focuses on the early years and skims over the rest*** This quality documentary from 2011 is only 80 minutes long with 50 minutes spent on the band’s beginnings in the 60s and the Syd Barrett years, plus the immediate aftermath, which covers their first two albums when they sounded like a cross between The Doors and latter-day Beatles. Speaking of whom, the film shows how The Beatles were recording SGT. PEPPER’S at the same studio when the Floyd boys were recording THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (1967) and how the Fab Four were influenced by Floyd’s creative and boundless psychedelia. T...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • behind the scenes
    • cultural difference
    • rock band
    • woman director
    • cultural appropriation
    • music documentary
    • behind the music
    • cultural icon
    • pink floyd
    • famous song
    • dave gilmour (pink floyd)
    • making of an album
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