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He doesn't. The entire sequence where Pink speaks at a Neo-Nazi rally and has his group riot through the city is all a hallucination, induced by the injection his doctor gave to him during the "Comfortably Numb" sequence. In reality, Pink was performing at one of his concerts, which is why when he screams "STOP!" he's huddled over in a theater bathroom, while other musicians play elsewhere in the building.

Yes, but it was never intended to be. The symbol was created by Pink Floyd for use within the fictional context of The Wall. The neo-Nazi sequence in the final act of the film was satirical, as it was in the live show and original concept album. However, the symbol became attractive to some people with fascist beliefs. A neo-Nazi group known as the Hammerskin Nation later adopted Pink's crossed-hammer symbol, obviously without permission from the band.

Gerald Scarfe, artist of the animated scenes, foresaw this possibility.

A sequence was actually shot for "Hey You," but after a trial-viewing of the film, Alan Parker and Roger Waters decided it was simply too depressing and botched the film's pacing, so they had it removed. Some of the footage used for "Hey You" was recycled into other parts of the film, most noticeably into the "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3" sequence. You can view a low-fidelity version of the "Hey You" sequence on the film's 2005 re-release DVD.

"The Show Must Go On" was left out for undisclosed reasons, although one can infer it was also cut for the sake of pacing.

The first is "When the Tigers Broke Free," a two-part song that appears at the beginning and midway through the film. It was written for the album but was removed because it did not have the same musical style as the rest of the album. It was re-released on the digital remaster of another Pink Floyd Album, "The Final Cut."

The second is "What Shall We Do Now?," which is an extended version of "Empty Spaces," a song that was dropped in favor its longer counterpart. "What Shall We Do Now?" also was written to appear on the album but had to be truncated due to the length limitations of the album's media in 1979. It can, however, be found on Live versions of The Wall.

The film was viewed as a disappointment in general by the band and the film's key crew members.

Writer and composer Roger Waters feels that the film is too depressing, and does not let the audience sympathize with Pink.

Director Alan Parker felt that the result was amateurish, calling it "the most expensive student film ever made."

Various conflicts came in between Parker and Waters during filming of the filming, only adding to their distaste of the final product.

Designer Gerald Scarfe claimed on the DVD commentary that he doesn't understand why people like the film.

Pink Floyd's guitarist David Gilmour has stated that the film was the "least successful" version of The Wall's concept.