Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

Pros: Stunning and occasionally disturbing images; Excellent song selection

Cons: "Echoes" split into parts; Not available on DVD

The Bottom Line: One of the greatest concert films of all times, this is an intriguing mixture of Roman art and psychedelic music. Highly recommended.

Review: A bizarre concept for a concert video, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii features no audience, six songs, and only a glimpse of some of the work the band is most noted for. In spite of the fact that Pompeii would be followed by the watershed...

Pros: Great music, great performance, great interviews

Cons: only a minor thing: footage on "One of These Days"

The Bottom Line: If you like Pink Floyd, you will love this! Buy it now!

Review: Let me start out by telling you a bit about myself, and my love of Pink Floyd music. I've been a fan for many years, owning many albums, but having only seen one concert of any sort of Pink Floyd's, actually just Roger Waters live in Berlin. But the ...

Pros: Floyd in their prime

Cons: Where's Astronomy Domine?

Review: The live disc of Pink Floyd's 1969 "Ummagumma" album contains the cream of their early work performed live. This film produced for Belgian television consists of a spectacular performance in the ruins of an amphitheatre near pompeii,...

Pros: Live music, Interviews, Behind the Scenes footage

Cons: High pitch noise when turned to a loud volume. Not available on DVD.

Review: After watching this video, I realized how rare this movie is. It contains behind-the-scenes camera work of Pink Floyd recording arguably their best album, Dark Side of the Moon. It has footage of Gilmour jamming on his guitar live and in the studio,...

Pros: good visuals, great look at the band in their early days

Cons: the video can be hard to find

Review: Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii video is absolutely a must-see for any fan of Pink Floyd.
The memebers of Pink Floyd take their instruments, set up, and play in the lost city of Pompeii. You get a not-too-common look at them with all thier...

Pros: Superb sound, film quality capture the feel and times of one of rock's greatest bands.

Cons: Too bad it wasn't a double album!!

Review: The Director's Cut version of the Floyd's Live at Pompeii starts with a heartbeat reminiscent of Dark Side's start and then takes you on a stunning ride through some of their best music. Apollo lift-offs, ethereal music and in-depth interviews with the ...

Pros: Visual footage. Interviews.

Cons: Interviews removed from original.

Review: If you’re a Floyd fan, then you know that the best way to experience their music is with both audio and visual. That’s why this new dvd, “Live in Pompeii” is a must have. If you already own and love the video version like I do, you’ll be blown away by ...

Pros: The interviews and performance.

Cons: Needs more extras.

Review: Being a huge Pink Floyd fan, I was psyched when I heard that “Live in Pompeii” was being released on dvd. I, like any loyal fan, already have it on video, but my copy was becoming run down. Now with the dvd, I have the original and the new directors ...

Pros: live Floyd, wonderful images

Cons: some missing relics

The Bottom Line: an essential for Pink Floyd fans

Review: I know many rock fans who think that Pink Floyd began with Dark Side of the Moon. They don't realize that there is a body of great material that was recorded before that seminal album. Many hardcore fans view the early music as the ...

Pros: Must see for Pink Floyd fans; moody; art-film pacing

Cons: Pretty much of exclusive interest to Floyd fans, or musicians

Review: I saw this film when I was a kid, prior to becoming a professional musician, and now as an adult.

I remember as a kid watching scenes of them playing among the ruins as being a great synergistic combination of technology and art: here are...