Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
Director Frank Scheffer
Countries Netherlands
Duration 108 min
Synopsis
"Overview I see all my films as a 'Symphony', a 'composition', a 'Note'. I think of them as a process of making movies in a more cyclical manner. I decided that I wanted to make a project on Frank Zappa when, in 2000, the Festival of Netherlands made a focus on his work. I wanted to return the honour that he gave me in my youth. In 2002, I directed 'Frank Zappa: The Big Note', and in 2007, I completed this television series in two parts. The first part is a tour through the first twenty years of his career, and the second as a 'band'. It consists of portraits of several members of his band through the years, and follows to the tour of his son Dweezil Zappa called 'Zappa plays Zappa'. I see all the Zappa-films as a kind of test and part of a process that led, I hope, towards this feature-length documentary." (Frank Scheffer)
"Overview I see all my films as a 'Symphony', a 'composition', a 'Note'. I think of them as a process of making movies in a more cyclical manner. I decided that I wanted to make a project on Frank Zappa when, in 2000, the Festival of Netherlands made a focus on his work. I wanted to return the honour that he gave me in my youth. In 2002, I directed 'Frank Zappa: The Big Note', and in 2007, I completed this television series in two parts. The first part is a tour through the first twenty years of his career, and the second as a 'band'. It consists of portraits of several members of his band through the years, and follows to the tour of his son Dweezil Zappa called 'Zappa plays Zappa'. I see all the Zappa-films as a kind of test and part of a process that led, I hope, towards this feature-length documentary." (Frank Scheffer)