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From today's Times. Director Alan Parker's views on "The Wall"

The least enjoyable was Pink Floyd: The Wall. Just a miserable experience. I was never meant to direct it. It was shot in 1981, and he had already made Shoot the Moon that year. That is the film he is closest to on a personal level because it is about divorce, which he was going through at the time. There are four small children in the film; Parker had four small children then. He gave his own daughters dungarees to the girl in the film because childrens clothes in films always look so new. His daughter hated that.

What made Pink Floyd: The Wall a misery? Roger Waters. Hes not easy to work with. I gritted my teeth and finished. But I look back now and think, thats quite good. And Bob Geldof? A delight. He was totally miserable himself doing it. He and I were in the same boat. We made it up as we went along. We took it seriously and did the best we could. Sometimes out of misery can come good work.



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That reflects Bob's own comments on the subject. He totally ruined Pink Floyd for me. Now I can't watch that movie without analysing how much pain poor Bob is going through on each scenes. Back when I was a teenager I took all that **** very personally. I used to love Pink Floyd, but couldn't listen to them at all after reading ITI. Oh well, more play time for BTR...

ETA: Goddam ****ing censors

-- Edited by MJ at 01:35, 2007-04-26

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