This concert uses state-of-the-art technology to put on an amazing array of images and moving animations above the performers. It will be familiar to anyone that has seen a concert staging of The Wall before but the audio-visual effects are spectacular. This concert uses state-of-the-art technology to put on an amazing array of images and moving animations…īathed in an eerie red light for much of the concert, the performers play as an actual wall is built up around them until only Roger is left alone on the stage. Waters does let his political views occasionally seep into the experience, as when he delivers a brief diatribe about “state terror.” The short bridging scenes also help to give the viewer a little break between the huge, bombastic musical numbers. You would think the personal moments wouldn’t work placed in the middle of this musical narrative but they provide context for Waters’ strong anti-war beliefs manifested in his music. It is a surprisingly touching moment when he stands there with his own children. Co-directors Sean Evans and Roger Waters layer the concert with quiet, somber bridging scenes showcasing Waters visiting very important places to his life, including his grandfather’s grave marker. The Rock opera is largely based around Waters’ father that died in World War II when the singer was a young boy. If you are expecting a straight concert without anything else tossed in, look elsewhere.įilled with striking, rich imagery, the concert film is unlike any other I have ever seen. The state-of-the-art light and sound extravaganza is interwoven with a highly personal, intimate road trip that Roger takes with family and close friends. This concert film captures one such show from Waters’ 2010-2013 The Wall Tour in all its stupendous sound and glory. He always envisioned it as an elaborate concert with a huge audio-visual component, incorporating light shows and animation into the experience. The Wall was Waters’ baby from the beginning and he conceptualized it as an intensely personal polemic on war and alienation. Many consider it one of the greatest Rock albums ever recorded and is currently the third best-selling album of all time in the United States. The primary songwriter behind several classic mega albums released by Pink Floyd in the 1970s, The Wall represented the last album performed by the band’s classic line-up: legendary guitarist David Gilmour, bassist/lyricist Roger Waters, keyboardist Richard Wright and drummer Nick Mason before Wright left the band to pursue a solo career.
Roger Waters The Wall is a monumental new concert staging of the legendary musician’s most personal effort, the groundbreaking concept album he created with Pink Floyd in 1979. Roger Waters’ new concert film is an audiovisual tour de force that will please Pink Floyd fans everywhere
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