Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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Documentary filmmaker Thorsten Schütte presents a portrait of influential musician Frank Zappa in Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words. The film played at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, to which Schütte stated “It fills me great joy that the film was an official selection for Sundance 2016 and has begun its international journey. On December 21, 2015, Zappa would have celebrated his 75th birthday. I find it promising that he still can be heard.”

EAT THAT QUESTION—FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS is an intimate encounter with the iconoclastic composer and musician. Rare archival footage reveals a provocative 20th century musical genius whose worldview reverberates into the present day and beyond.

“My film consciously avoids the usual trappings of talking-head interviews with contemporaries or experts who insist they knew him,” Schütte says. “Loaded instead with lengthy interviews and a multitude of live performances, it is an exploration of the phenomenon of Frank Zappa, while still taking into account the bad old days of rock ‘n’ roll. The film provides the necessary time to get into the modes of Zappa’s expression and into the patterns of his language, to grasp the complexity of his character, and to feel with the man behind the media persona.”

Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in His Own Words is rated 14A.