Post Pandemiea Watch Party: The Wall - Part 1
Some movies are hitting totally different after the pandemic. Holy shit. Rewatching 1982's Pink Floyd's The Wall unexpectedly fucked me up. It's got a lot more weight from a post pandemic POV.
Last time I watched this movie I was like 15. Thought it looked cool AF and the imagery was inspiring but it didn't exactly hit close to home. Honestly I put it on the other night remembering this was a thing while working on my own upsetting flowers project.
I can see why it's a cult classic with mid ground reviews. Hardly any dialogue, heavy in visual symbolism and story telling. I love stuff like that but I get it's not for everyone. Also that it's in part Rodger Water's personal biography masked in trippy imagery. I'd imagine, especially with the passage of time, quite a bit would get lost in translation to a wide, sober audience.
But after what we all went through the last few years The Wall might be primed to make the most sense to the most amount of people (while sober even!) than it ever has before.
Worse comes to worse, still a gorgeous movie to stare at. I'm saddened we'll never see the animation found in there like that again. And I'm terribly curious what other people's reactions to it now we're all on the "other side".









