Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko
8.8
“An intimate music portrait of American composer Frank Zappa”
For the past ten years Zappa in composing has turned away from Rock and Roll music - for which he first became famous - and has been working on new, contemporary, orchestral electronic music; in solitude and beyond any commercial conventions or commitments. It is the first time that Zappa has allowed a film crew to study him during compositional work, actually filming the first moments of a new compositional process. By contrast, in a staged interview Zappa gives comments on music. This film seeks to reveal the sensetivities of Zappa's personality and character also beyond narrative content.
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Cast
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Frank Zappa
Self
Known for
Head
John Cage
Self
Matt Groening
Self
Known for
Olive, the Other Reindeer
Iannis Xenakis
Self
Pierre Boulez
Self
Also in
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Self
Also in
In Absentia
Eldorado
Diva Zappa
Self
Known for
Next Exit
Pledge This!
Ray Wallis
Self
Henning Lohner Director · Van Theodore Carlson Cinematographer Sven Fleck Editor
United States release January 1, 1991 · Produced in United States
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1991
TV
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