The choice of material was primarily the band's, but while Maben realised it was important to include material from the band's new album Meddle, he was also keen to include " Careful with That Axe, Eugene" and "A Saucerful of Secrets", as he felt they would be good numbers to film. O'Rourke delivered a demo to Maben in order for him to prepare for the various shots required, which he finally managed to do the night before filming started. The performances of " Echoes", " A Saucerful of Secrets", and " One of These Days" were filmed from 4 to 7 October 1971. Filming Pompeii Ī shot of this Roman mosaic appeared at the start of " Careful with That Axe, Eugene" Access was secured after payment of a "fairly steep" entrance fee. One of Maben's contacts at the University of Naples, Professor Carputi, who was a Pink Floyd fan, managed to persuade the local authorities to close the amphitheatre for six days that October for filming.
He also felt that filming the band without an audience would be a good reaction to earlier films such as Woodstock and Gimme Shelter, where the films paid equal attention to performers and spectators. Walking around the deserted ruins, he thought the silence and natural ambient sounds present would make a good backdrop for the music. During a visit to Pompeii he lost his passport, and went back to the Amphitheatre, which he had visited earlier in the day, in order to find it. Maben went on holiday to Naples in the early summer.
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Pink Floyd had experience of filming outside the context of a standard rock concert, including an hour-long performance in KQED TV studios in April 1970 but Maben's idea was rejected. The amphitheatre at Pompeii where most of the footage was filmedįilm-maker Adrian Maben, interested in combining art with Pink Floyd's music, contacted David Gilmour and the band's manager, Steve O'Rourke, in 1971 to discuss the possibilities of making a film in which the band's music was played over images of paintings by René Magritte, Jean Tinguely, and others. A number of bands have taken inspiration from the film in creating their own videos, or filming concerts without an audience. The film has subsequently been released on video numerous times, and in 2002, a Director's cut DVD appeared which combined the original footage from 1971 with more contemporary shots of space and the area around Pompeii, assembled by Maben. The film was then re-released in 1974 with additional studio material of the band working on The Dark Side of the Moon, and interviews at Abbey Road Studios. Additional footage filmed in a Paris television studio the following December was added for the original 1972 release. The main footage in and around the amphitheatre was filmed over four days in October 1971, using the band's regular touring equipment, including a mobile 8-track recorder from Paris (before being bumped up to 16-track in post-production). The band performs a typical live set from the era, but there is no audience beyond the basic film crew. Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii is a 1972 concert film directed by Adrian Maben and featuring the English rock group Pink Floyd performing at the ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy.
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