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Zappa

2020 · 129 min

An absorbing, archive-rich portrait that immerses you in a restless creative mind and the countercultural world it collided with.

Directed by
Alex Winter
Genres
Music, Documentary
Tagline
Save the Vault. Tell the Story.
Overview
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.

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Directed by
Alex Winter
Genres
Music, Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • music
  • identity
  • rebellion
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
music, documentary
Directed by
Alex Winter
Starring
Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Pamela Des Barres, Lonnie Lardner, Patrice Zappa, Rose Zappa, Francis Zappa, Edgard Varèse
Cinematography
Anghel Decca
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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