Zappa

Viewed December 5, 2020.

Making a film about an unclassifiable genius with a gargantuan catalogue of work and numerous other interests surely is no easy feat. "Zappa" does a fairly good job at presenting highlights of Frank Zappa's life and career and imparting some nuggets of his philosophy, and, perhaps most importantly, is boosted considerably by the use of precious archive footage from the Zappa Vault, including self-referential narrations by the man himself. A very good doc for the initiated and uninitiated alike.

Solid, well made, lots of unpublished material, beautiful arc and soundtrack. But they did not show the clip Zappa visited in one of the chapters of Miami Vice tv series with Don Johnson.

Very well built documentary about an enigmatic man.

Frank Zappa was one of a kind, and this documentary does a good job unveiling some of the secrecy, and framing his avante garde career and point of view.

This was a great tool for me as I dive deeper into the world of Frank Zappa's music, it was an incredibly fascinating look into him and after watching it I started to seek out more things about his life as both a person and a musician. I think this did a great job covering a lot of different aspects of his life and career.