The Trial

Option 2.

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I agree. Option 2.

Thought so. At first I thought it was option 1, but when I saw the movei it became clear that the trial is all in his head, symbolizing his having to make a decision of where to go in life . . . The result, tearing down the wall. He's spent too much time sulking over all his terrible life experiences, and is tired of sitting around in his hotel room wishing his life could have been different. Without the wall there could be a spark of hope left for life, but he'd also have to learn to make better decisions, and take his life into his own hands.

Am I right? Hope I interpreted it right. Did I?

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"This Roman Meal Bakery though you might like to know . . ."

- The last words of Pink's second television set

I'm also wondering about the concert/rioting scenes . . . Is the fact that it looked like a Nazi rally real? Or is that a thought of his created by the drugs they put him on? And why is having the concert be a Nazi rally signifigant? And after Pink finally snaps out of the drugged phase and finds himself in a cell, what did he really do? Starting with "In The Flesh" is when the album/movie gets confusing.

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"This Roman Meal Bakery though you might like to know . . ."

- The last words of Pink's second television set

yeah it gets damn confusing. i think the nazi thing may be real but i don't know why he is in the cell either. for some reason i remember him being in a bathroom but i think i'm wrong. anyways i also thought it was stupid how they changed it from a concert to a rally because it was originally supposed to be a concert right? and there isn't a very good transition from him becoming a musician to nazi leader.

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last orders please.

What happens to pink in the end?

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...there's no dark side of the moon really,...matter of fact its all dark....

the people at the rally were going to the pink concert and he showed up doing the nazi thing. people started crying "you suck!" and then he finally realized what he had done. he was put in jail for doing a nazi thing, "showing feelings."

thats it (i think)

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I pity the fool who don't like the Floyd.

that would make sense except that they all start doing the nazi dance. unless that didn't happen. but i'm sure it did.

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last orders please.

Alright, I thought it was self explanitory.
He is not a nazi. What that section of the movie and album is saying is that when you are a rockstar, you have power over the crowd much like a dictator. Many rockstars have said that if they were to tell a crowd to kill someone in the audience, the crowd would obey. The would do anything for you, they would follow you. In a sence, he has control over them. Not too much in the movie should be taken literaly. It's a s*** load of symbolism.

i see. makes sense. usually though symbolism isn't represented as reality so if confused me.

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last orders please.

Yeah, I see your point, btu who ever said that movie made any sence?

good point.

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last orders please.

maybe the biggest weakness of the film is that it elaborates further on the ideas in the music, but doesn't really explain them. What I mean by that is, we're shown a lot more of Pink's life in the movie, but not really told about the order. I had to read a lot of articles and a few books before I came across Roger's explanations.

He explains "In the Flesh?" as an introduction. Showing us Pink in the middle of a concert, being a rockstar. The rest of the movie until the second "In the Flesh" serves as a series of flashbacks and storytelling.

Keep in mind that Roger felt a lot of these emotions himself. Now I'm not saying he wanted to control people or that he's is racist or anything like that, but The Wall was essentially Roger pulling a Brian Wilson. It was his sentiments of retracting from rock stardom. But, as usual, Roger has a wonderful play on words, and creates a character to embody his ideas. On top of that, I don't think Roger came up with the idea for The Wall (movie). Didn't the director come to him with the idea, and that's when he became involved? So that might explain some things like the concert and whatnot.
Keep on rocking and Shine on You Crazy Diamonds.

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Dave

"One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces."