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Pink Floyd: The Wall(s Surrounding)

An eccentric movie, which can be deemed experimental, Pink Floyd: The Wall creates its storyline through a myriad of symbolism and imagery. 

Released initially in France in the year 1982, the movie is based on the album and is said to replicate the emotions and the mental condition of Pink Floyd.

The movie exemplifies the twistedness of the life of Pink Floyd and how he has become all throughout these years. 

To put into terms, the movie can be considered as the autobiography of the author as it creatively conveys his story and he explains his side.

Although quite disturbing, and eyebrow-raising, the movie, in the end, tells us the importance of mental health and how external factors play a big role in shaping the life of a person. In this case, Pink Floyd feels tormented by his past experiences.

The film in a sense encourages us to be mindful of ourselves on how we can affect others with our actions.

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One of the highlights/resolution of the movie Hugo.

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Humanity in Hugo

Hugo is a touching narrative encapsulating a look-back to the past as well as intriguing yet emotional character developments. In a lonely quest of recalibrating a machine left by his father, in search for answers he has since his death, Hugo – an orphan – struggles to keep up with the duties left by his uncle. 

As he manages his day-to-day hustle, he crosses paths with a sweet girl whom he shares adventures with.

If there was one thing primarily relatable with the movie, it would be the struggles he faced. Maybe in this timeframe, his struggles aren’t the same, but nonetheless, it reflects the hustle and bustle each one of us has in our day-to-day lives. 

The repetitive cycle of encountering problems and finding solutions to resolve it is a common theme found in the film. The presence of peculiar characters and how they live on with their lives shows how despite the different struggles we face, we are still human, and we can feel things.

The humanity found, despite the full-blown defining personalities of the characters of the movie has is one thing I find amazing about it. The flow of the film exemplifies the overcoming, not only of Hugo but as well as other characters in accepting their pasts and living on in the present.