Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982) – Filming Locations
Music / Drama · Directed by Alan Parker · Starring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Where was Pink Floyd: The Wall filmed?
- London, United Kingdom, London – The iconic power station appears throughout the film as a recurring symbolic location. The decommissioned coal-fired power station served as a visual metaphor for the album's themes of isolation and industrial decay, and became one of the film's most recognizable imagery
- London, United Kingdom, London – Scenes of urban decay and working-class London neighborhoods where Pink's character experiences childhood trauma. The film extensively used real South London neighborhoods to establish the gritty, post-war British setting that shaped Pink's psychological foundation
- London, United Kingdom, London – Concert performance sequences and theatrical scenes filmed in and around the historic theatre venue. Director Alan Parker utilized the theatre's interior and East London location for the film's concert performance and surreal theatrical sequences
- Los Angeles, United States, Los Angeles – Studio-constructed sets for the animated and surreal sequences, including the wall-building scenes. Significant portions of the film's surreal animation and constructed set pieces were filmed in Los Angeles studios, though the story sequences were London-based