Bringing solitude back to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

?Roger Waters The Wall? premiered on Sept. 28 in New York and was screened worldwide the next day for one day only before its release on DVD?The Wall? was a classic reflection on human isolation, but Roger Waters transformed the Pink Floyd album into an elaborate, crowd-packing arena show that was one of the top-grossing in history.

The former band member has sought to shift back to the solitary in the latest film adaptation of ?The Wall,? which is, on one level, a concert film but also a meditation on Waters? personal odyssey and the individual human cost of war.

Entitled simply ?Roger Waters The Wall,? the movie premiered Sept. 28 in New York and was screened worldwide the next day for only one day before its release on DVD.

True to his warning, ?Roger Waters The Wall? opens with an intense bang reminiscent of a crash. An image of an airplane slamming into the crowd recurs throughout the film, which features performances from his blockbuster 2010-2013 tour.

But much of the film tracks a silent and sullen Waters as the 72-year-old Englishman journeys by car through Europe to pay respects at markers honoring his father, who died in World War II in Italy when the future rocker was an infant, and his grandfather, who was killed in World War I in France.

Over lush cinematography of France and Italy, Waters describes his life as the legacy of the double tragedy, with two generations of sons not knowing their fathers, and said he used to be haunted by dreams in which he killed his father.

?That child in me took responsibility for everything that happened,? Waters says in the film.

Waters, known for his strong personality and clashes with former Pink Floyd bandmates, is seen in the film crying on...

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