Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

The film will be screened in a digitally restored print and  special sound installation by ART OF SOUND.

Directed by: Adrian Maben
Duration: 85 minutes
Year of Production: 1972

In October 1971, guided by the vision of young filmmaker Adrian Maben, Pink Floyd took over the ancient Roman amphitheatre of Pompeii to record one of the most legendary performances of their career. The core idea was simple: a concert with no audience, allowing the director to focus entirely on the band in the act of creation. What Maben hadn’t accounted for was the near-mythic energy of the setting — a place where every stone resonates with history — nor the fact that, in the absence of spectators, Pink Floyd’s experimental ritual could transcend even further into the cosmic.

The band’s soundscapes and improvisations merged with the metaphysical atmosphere of the ruins, giving rock iconography one of its most iconic visual expressions. Half a century later, the recent remastered release of the resulting film only intensifies the singular moment captured by Maben’s restless, modern lens.

Live at Pompeii stands today as monumental as the ancient theatre that hosted it — the center of a musical galaxy where volcanoes and planets seem to pulse in harmony with the band’s frequencies. Thodoris Karamanolis