Filming the veteran Rock group in an audienceless amphitheatre in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, director Adrian Maben created a pretty unique musical film that focuses more on atmosphere than a linear narrative that usually accompanied such flicks. Interposed with Sci-Fi effects, scenes from Pompeii and interviews with the band members and them working in the studio, the film is a visually viewable document on a confident and able band on the verge of superstardom. Pummeling drums and crashing cymbals, airy and spacey guitar, subtle keyboard touches and gentle vocals evoke the Psychedelia from outer space sound the band is known for. A pretty compelling visual and aural soundtrack of an age when young men with long hair and genuine talent ruled the music world, this is a musical emblem of another time from the distant and enduring past.
Review of Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
