Pink Floyd, The Wall, and Adam Curtis

by Ed Hick

Well, I've mostly been concentrating on my dissertation this weekend, but I thought I would give you a little more insight into my mind and tell you a bit more about my inspirations.

A film I watched recently was Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982, Alan Park) which is a musical film based on the album of the same name. I'm not too fussed about the story but there are some really nice animations and surreal sequences in the film. Most notably the school sequence, and there is also a great bit were Bob Geldolf is tripping out and his room turns to an oversized, empty, white room.

You can watch the full film on YouTube (the parts I mentioned above are at 22:15 and 50:10):

I have also started to watch Adam Curtis' The Trap, a 3 part series about modern politics based on flawed theories and paranoid behaviour of the Cold War. It shows how while politicians have been saying they are giving people more freedom we actually becoming more trapped due to free market ideas. The whole series is also available on YouTube, here's part 1:

Ok not sure what else to put this week, so here's an awesome song from one of my favorite bands at the moment. Enjoy.
(I can't embed it so you have to click the link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM )


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