35mm

Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii

Adrian Maben
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Film Comment Selects 2012

February 17 - March 1, 2012

October 1971: the prog gods give a spectacular concert to an audience of ghosts on the volcanically desolate stage of a Roman amphitheater.

DIRECTOR
Adrian Maben
YEAR
1971
COUNTRY
France / Belgium / West Germany
RUNTIME
85 minutes
FORMAT
35mm

In October 1971, Pink Floyd gave a spectacular concert to an audience of thousands of ghosts in the volcanically ravaged ruins of Pompeii. Alone in a stone amphitheater (save for the production crew), the prog gods crank out “Echoes,” “Saucerful of Secrets,” “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” and more, captured with slowly circling cameras, totemic framing, and even the occasional split screen. Featuring interview snippets covering the recording of The Dark Side of the Moon, the state of the music industry, and oysters.

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