Episode 115: PINK FLOYD – THE WALL (1982) (Non-’Lon BoysPick #4)

The Trylon’s playing movies we already recorded on earlier in the pandemic, so we’ve changed the rules for a short Non-’Lon Series on movies we HAVEN’T seen and may never see at the Trylon!

Aaron’s pick takes us to the dystopian UK of 1982’s PINK FLOYD – THE WALL, a musical journey through not just one man’s steady decline into fascist individualism, but that of all of Western society. In this discussion, we consider what the visual story structure does for the music it’s based on, what elements of the movie have been blindly co-opted by the international conservative front, and what the movie’s use of viewpoint does to communicate its story.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Another Brick in the Wall” by Pink Floyd.

00:45 - Talking about Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for some reason

3:06 - The actual start of the episode

3:59 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

5:37 - Why Aaron picked THE WALL

9:07 - Jason’s thoughts

11:29 - Cody’s thoughts

14:39 - Harry’s thoughts

17:17 - Aaron’s thoughts

22:27 - The interior viewpoint and why the first two acts feel like Banksy

26:31 - Pink Floyd’s rising popularity and alienation from their craft

30:46 - “Margaret Thatcher is in every frame”

38:44 - Repackaging and repurposing THE WALL over the decades

42:26 - How THE WALL leverages gender and sexuality

49:59 - Animation in THE WALL

54:26 - The final act (or, “where things get really real”)

1:09:02 - After the wall falls

1:13:09 - Final thoughts: Self-references and Roger Waters’s socialism

1:16:07 - Cody’s Noteys (PINK FLOYD – THE WALL: The Game)