Roger Waters’ The Wall

When Pink Floyd recorded The Wall in 1979, Roger Waters was well on his way to being in total control of the group. The album was about his life and his growing sense of alienation and the other band members were increasingly being shut out. After the Floyd split, The Wall became seen as his project which he toured with various stellar line-ups. Now there is a film of the 2010–13 solo tour, co-directed by Waters and Sean Evans, and it’s on at Kino-Teatr this weekend. There is also a local connection as Oleg Poupko, a cameraman from St Petersburg long based in Hastings, was first assistant camera on the tour. Simon Charterton regresses to his Progressive Rock past…