Pink Floyd blasts through the silent air of ancient Pompeii in the band’s big‑screen debut, a big, booming banger that captures their wild energy and razor‑sharp musicianship as they hit the height of their creativity.
Recorded live on location in an empty amphitheater and shot by Euro‑cinema masters Willy Kurant (a key collaborator of Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda, Orson Welles and others) and Gábor Pogány (a frequent Vittorio De Sica cinematographer), the film pairs the set with visions of smoldering lava, broken statuary, and ruined landscapes, and offers an in‑studio glimpse of the band recording what would become their most famous album, Dark Side of the Moon. (1h 21m)
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