Directed by:
Thorsten SchütteCast:
Frank Zappa (a.f.), Soupy Sales (a.f.), Adrian Belew (a.f.), Václav Havel (a.f.), Arlene Francis (a.f.), George Duke (a.f.), John Smothers (a.f.) (more)VOD (2)
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It is only fitting that a comet and a mollusk are named in Frank Zappa's honor. The famed American musician, composer, and thinker created satirical, operatic interpretations of music that seemed to originate from another world. Thorsten Schütte's film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician's world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended. (Sundance Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Frank Zappa (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
200 Motels (1971)
Pražákům, těm je hej (1990)
Head (1968)
Soupy Sales (a.f.)
USA
Adrian Belew (a.f.)
USA
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Arlene Francis (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
One, Two, Three (1961)
Fedora (1978)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
George Duke (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
200 Motels (1971)
John Smothers (a.f.)
Connie Chung (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
I, Tonya (2017) - a.f.
Big Miracle (2012) - a.f.
Mike Douglas (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella (1950)
The Last Valley (1971)
Gator (1976)
Mark Volman (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
200 Motels (1971)
Mike Keneally (a.f.)
Del Casher (a.f.)
USA
Harry Smith (a.f.)
USA
Bobby Martin (a.f.)
USA
Tipper Gore (a.f.)
Best movies:
Live Earth (2007) (concert)