A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa

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

January 1st, 19930h 49min

Documentary
90%

Overview

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.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Wealth of a Nation

Wealth of a Nation


Released on: 1964-01-01
Documentary

"This film explores how freedom of speech — including dissent — is afforded to all Americans, and sh...

Discovering Buñuel

Discovering Buñuel


Released on: 2012-01-01
Documentary

Luis Bunuel, the father of cinematic Surrealism, made his film debut with 'Un Chien Andalou' in 1929...

The Boundaries

The Boundaries


Released on: 2019-11-11
Documentary

Shenzhen River (the border btw Hong Kong and Shenzhen), and the Second Line of Shenzhen Special Econ...

Rummaging for Pasts

Rummaging for Pasts


Released on: 2001-11-23
Documentary, History

Rummaging for Pasts is an experimental juxtaposition of two cinematic documents: the video diary of ...

Hugues Aufray, l'éternel jeune homme

Hugues Aufray, l'éternel jeune homme


Released on: 2024-02-28
Documentary

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

Berlin: Symphony of a Great City


Released on: 1927-09-23
Documentary

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides a...

Facing the Music

Facing the Music


Released on: 2001-07-07
Documentary, Music

Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded U...

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided

Leonard Bernstein: A Genius Divided


Released on: 2018-01-01
Documentary

One of the first US born conductors to receive worldwide fame, Leonard Bernstein is an exceptional c...

Almost Nothing: So Continues the Night

Almost Nothing: So Continues the Night


Released on: 2017-09-30
Documentary

For us, a thought always presupposes a society, a culture and above all the consciousness of time. W...

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It


Released on: 1990-09-18
Documentary, Music, TV Movie

This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a gr...

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde


Released on: 1997-04-09
Documentary

Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet,...

Rene Magritte: Man in the Hat

Rene Magritte: Man in the Hat


Released on: 2014-05-04
Documentary

In this film, Will Young travels to Magritte's native Belgium to find out more about the man whose t...

The House That Eye Live In

The House That Eye Live In


Released on: 2014-08-12
Documentary

Migrating by sea from Holland as an eight-year-old, Dirk de Bruyn went on to be a doyen of Australia...

Pluto Declaration

Pluto Declaration


Released on: 2011-11-11
Documentary

Restore the classical definition of planet! Bring back planet Pluto! The solar system is twelve!

Devil's Circuit

Devil's Circuit


Released on: 1988-07-26
Documentary, Animation

A film in which the one 60-story skyscraper that soars in the spaces between roofs spins with incred...

The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh


Released on: 1972-03-23
Music, Documentary

A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for...

Two Museums

Two Museums


Released on: 2014-01-22
Documentary

The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickels...

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon - The Ultimate Critical Review


Released on: 2008-01-01
Documentary

Take a journey to the trippy side with this examination of the landmark 1973 Pink Floyd work "Dark S...

A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)


Released on: 2013-01-01
Documentary

Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could...

Untied

Untied


Released on: 2001-11-13
Documentary

A small portrait of the volatility of intimacy and of breaking free from abusive cycles: made in res...