PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII – MCMLXXII

Part of Music City Mondays

Showed some years back in a faded 35mm print, Pink Floyd’s iconic 1972 concert film returns to the Belcourt fully remastered. Set in the haunting ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, it showcases the band performing music primarily from their then-current album Echoes to an ecstatic audience of none. The film includes stunning visuals, behind-the-scenes moments, and studio footage at Abbey Road from the sessions that would comprise The Dark Side of the Moon.

“Sets Pink Floyd, then at the tail end of their space rock phase, at the very heart of the European art scene. It crowned the era in which the group were scoring ballets, adding soundtracks to foreign art movies and recording in Paris. With a German-Belgian-French-made film set in an arena at the heart of the origins of Europe, Live At Pompeii LIVE AT POMPEII represents Floyd as part of a continental musical movement, quite distinct from their American contemporaries.” —Daryl Easlea, Prog