approx. 53 minutes, all regions

Editor's info:

The band have long since dismissed the album as a disaster, but for many fans Ummagumma is the true essence of Pink Floyd. Narrated by veteran broadcaster Bob Harris and drawing extensively on rare television footage of the Pink Floyd in performance of material from Ummagumma this powerful and penetrating film brings together the impartial and forthright views of the band and insiders such as producer Norman Smith and sleeve designer Po Powell, contrasted with the views of a leading team of critics and working musicians. Step outside the sanitised world of official releases and take along hard analytical look at the Pink Floyd legend. This hard-hitting film critique pulls no punches and deals frankly with the thorny issue of the overall quality of the work of Pink Floyd in the late sixties and re-opens the debate surrounding Ummagumma. In order to ensure editorial freedom the film has not been censored, viewed or approved by past or present management or members of Pink Floyd. This is the long awaited critical review of the album, featuring rare live performances alongside analysis from a leading team of rock journalists and critics. Features rare archive performances of Interstellar Overdrive, Astronomy Domine, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Saucerful Of Secrets and Grantchester Meadows .

Editor's info:

The band have long since dismissed the album as a disaster, but for many fans Ummagumma is the true essence of Pink Floyd. Narrated by veteran broadcaster Bob Harris and drawing extensively on rare television footage of the Pink Floyd in performance of material from Ummagumma this powerful and penetrating film brings together the impartial and forthright views of the band and insiders such as producer Norman Smith and sleeve designer Po Powell, contrasted with the views of a leading team of critics and working musicians. Step outside the sanitised world of official releases and take along hard analytical look at the Pink Floyd legend. This hard-hitting film critique pulls no punches and deals frankly with the thorny issue of the overall quality of the work of Pink Floyd in the late sixties and re-opens the debate surrounding Ummagumma. In order to ensure editorial freedom the film has not been censored, viewed or approved by past or present management or members of Pink Floyd. This is the long awaited critical review of the album, featuring rare live performances alongside analysis from a leading team of rock journalists and critics. Features rare archive performances of Interstellar Overdrive, Astronomy Domine, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Saucerful Of Secrets and Grantchester Meadows .