Pink Floyd the Wall
Movie • 1982 • Music
ReportA troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
This movie contains 40 potentially triggering events.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Abuse
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Roganaut
The abusive teacher at Pink's school is abused by his wife at home. We see her beat him with a belt.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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The children are physically and emotionally abused at school.
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Addiction
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It would almost be easier to list the drugs Pink doesn't use in this movie.
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Is there addiction?
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The story is in some senses about addiction and its underlying causes, and several scenes depicting drug use are shown throughout the film.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Roganaut
Pink and other characters are shown drinking throughout the film. However, it is not as emphasized as the use of narcotics and pharmaceuticals.
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A rat dies in Pinks care while he was a child.
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Is there a dead animal?
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One rat, and possibly some cartoon animals, depending on how you define animal.
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Does a pet die?
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Liam Bishop
Pink briefly owns a rat as a pet which dies offscreen. He tosses its dead body in the river.
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Are there snakes?
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During some animated sequences, certain characters or objects (flowers) are drawn to move like snakes, but they are brief and unlikely to set off a phobia.
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Are there bugs?
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A few times in the movie, pictures of maggots just flash in. I believe it happens once or twice in comfortably numb.
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After Pink's fascist side takes over and gives his speech to the mob, a black couple is attacked by his fans. The man is beaten, and one of the attackers is beginning to undress the woman when the scene changes.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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When Pink has his breakdown, he shaves off all of his body hair and his nipples. He also gives himself a small cut on his neck/throat, but this appears to be an accident.
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Is there amputation?
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Only if nipples count
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Does a head get squashed?
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It’s an animated, but during the song empty spaces/what shall we do now, a man gets hit in the head with a baseball bat and animated blood and brain pieces spill out.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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In a live action scene, Pink steps on a glass and breaks it under his bare foot. The shot cuts out quickly, but it looks like the actor really did it.
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Is someone tortured?
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Roganaut
Pink (and by extension, the other children) are arguably psychologically tortured, but there is no physical torture depicted.
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Disability
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Pink's father is killed in the war before he is born. In a childhood scene, he dresses up in his father's uniform and plunders through his other memorabilia.
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Does someone cheat?
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Pink's girlfriend cheats on him while he is on tour.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Yes, but it isn't at all sexual.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Needles are shown several times throughout the film, not only in the Comfortably Numb scene. Pink's girlfriend is holding one when he tries to call her, and in other scenes they are among other paraphernalia.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Pink is almost taken to a mental institution, but his manager prevents this in order to force him to perform.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Several scenes depict Pink sick in bed from mental or physical illness, as an adult and as a child, but he is always at home or in a hotel room.
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Mental Health
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In addition to Pink's overzealous idea of shaving, he attempts an overdose to get out of performing. He also is shown to injure himself in other scenes through impulsive and reckless behavior, some of which seems semi-intentional.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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During "One of My Turns," Pink has a sudden violent outburst as he throws and destroys the objects in his apartment while chasing a groupie around.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Pink certainly has some form of mental illness, and it manifests on screen as episodes of psychosis and dissociation, as well as an alternate personality which takes over when he is under great pressure. None of his behavior resembles an anxiety attack.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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There are some handheld shots, but movie cameras couldn't be very shakey in 1982 because they were too heavy.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There is some fast editing, but nothing flashes repeatedly in a way that would trigger seizures.
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Used in Pink's fascist speech.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Several times on Pink’s tv, Pink is shown watching the movie The Dam Busters, which features a dog named the n word. We hear it said about 6 times throughout the movie (twice in One of My Turns, twice in Nobody Home, once between Nobody Home and Vera, and once at the beginning of Comfortably Numb)
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This is also part of Pink's speech.
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Does the black guy die first?
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There is one black guy in the movie, and he is beaten by a racist mob, but is not explicitly shown to die. If we assume he does die, he isn't the first death in the film.
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Is there hate speech?
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When Pink's fascist alternate personality takes over for the show, he gives a speech to the crowd encouraging them to attack minorities.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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There are a few brief sex scenes and some nudity, but it isn't pornographic.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It doesn't have much of an ending at all, but it's a deeply grim and cynical movie.
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Is there blood/gore?
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Some of the animated sequences show violent images. Pink also cuts himself several times throughout the film, usually by accident.
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