The Jarmusch Project

The 1982 film Pink Floyd: The Wall , directed by Alan Parker, is notable for its innovative combination of music, narrative, and visual art. While frequently classified as a " rock opera " or a surrealist fever dream, The Wall also offers a profound meditation on ontological disintegration—the fracturing of identity, self-perception , and reality itself. Examining it through the lens of ontological philosophy, particularly the concepts of being, non-being, and self-estrangement, the film transcends its status as a series of psychedelic vignettes set to Roger Waters' haunting lyrics. Instead, it emerges as a cinematic manifestation of existential rupture , wherein the protagonist, Pink (played by Bob Geldof), undergoes a violent deconstruction of selfhood, ultimately questioning the very fabric of his existence. The film, which is based on Pink Floyd's 1979 album, is frequently discussed in terms of its socio-political themes, which include war trauma, authoritarianism...