THE WALL (THE MOVIE)

An essential movie (almost a rockumentary in some ways), one that came to shape a bit the proghead that I am today. I must've seen this a dozen times on the local second-run movie screens. Actually all Torontonians will remember fondly the Roxy theatre on Bloor St East that had a strictly rock films programation where Zep's Song Remains The Same, Spinal Tap and The Rocky Horror Picture Show were on every week until the end of the 80's but this movie was also a mainstay as well as the PF at Pompeii.

Well, now I have just acquired the DVD as I always preferred seeing this than listening to the original album since the story makes more sense with the pictures. My main two criticisms are that Bob Geldoff sings (good but not as well as Waters) the Pink vocal parts and that the best track on the album, Hey You, was absent from the film. Well this last point is now corrected as the film crew had done this track but apparently for fluidity reasons (and unavowed time restrictions maybe) they had taken it out. So Hey You is present in this DVD but as a bonus (along with the MTV video of Another Brick In The wall pt2) but still not in the movie. How unfortunate and undaring!!!

I will go back in my reverie and sulk for a while and avenge myself by not awarding this the fifth star it could've gotten if there was not this last glitch!