Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (HQ)

What this video is

Released against the backdrop of Thatcherite Britain and the global expansion of MTV (launched August 1981), this video crystallized a decade's worth of progressive rock's anti-institutional ethos into a three-minute visual protest. Roger Waters wrote 'Part 2' as a direct critique of oppressive schooling, and the song became the UK Christmas No. 1 of 1979 — the final number one of the decade — selling over four…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact in the evolution of the music video as cinematic art form, predating MTV's dominance and demonstrating that rock visual culture could sustain feature-length narrative ambition. The integration of Gerald Scarfe's grotesque cel animation with Parker's live-action footage…

The director

Sir Alan Parker (1944–2020) was a British film director whose feature credits include Bugsy Malone (1976), Midnight Express (1978), Fame (1980), and Shoot the Moon (1982). He directed Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982) after initially being approached to produce…