Jan 01, 1993
49 min
Full-HD

A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa (1993)

The documentary examines Frank Zappa and his music through archive footage, including unique video excerpts from Austrian television archives featuring interviews with Zappa and backstage scenes from the 1970s and 1980s. The entire film is divided into chapters discussing the most important themes in Zappa's life and work.

Category

Documentary

Country

Austria

Companies

DoRo Productions

Frank Zappa

Self

Dweezil Zappa

Self

Ahmet Zappa

Self

Keith Moon

Self (archive footage)

Brian May

Self

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

Keith Richards

Self

Nicolas Slonimsky

Self

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