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Eat That Question

An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.

Director

Thorsten Schütte

Year

Genre

documentary, biography, music

Box Office

$355,074

Production

Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations

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Vinnie Colaiuta

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Chorus Leader

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London Symphony Orchestra

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Kurt McGettrick

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Robert D. Novak

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood

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Self - Zappa's Bodyguard

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Chester Thompson

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How does this camera look? - Eat That Question

How does this camera look?

How about saying, "Hi, this is Frank Zappa. - Eat That Question

How about saying, "Hi, this is Frank Zappa.

"I guess... I... I guess you
don't have anything better - Eat That Question

"I guess... I... I guess you don't have anything b...

"Well, you might as well sit back
and watch Take Off, then." - Eat That Question

"Well, you might as well sit back and watch Take Off, t...

"I guess you don't have
anything better to do tonight, huh?" - Eat That Question

"I guess you don't have anything better to do toni...

I guess you don't have anything
better to do tonight, huh? - Eat That Question

I guess you don't have anything better to do tonight, h...

That's why you're watching Take Off. - Eat That Question

That's why you're watching Take Off.

Hello, we're talking with Frank Zappa, - Eat That Question

Hello, we're talking with Frank Zappa,

Well, I'm about to get sick - Eat That Question

Well, I'm about to get sick

Is anybody's guess... - Eat That Question

Is anybody's guess...

{\an8}That trouble coming every day - Eat That Question

{\an8}That trouble coming every day

{\an8}Frank Zappa is one of the most controversial
modern composers and musicians. - Eat That Question

{\an8}Frank Zappa is one of the most controversial modern co...

{\an8}Every time I hear 'em
Sayin' that there's no way to delay - Eat That Question

{\an8}Every time I hear 'em Sayin' that there'...

But I guarantee you this,
he absolutely will not bore you - Eat That Question

But I guarantee you this, he absolutely will not bore you

Well hello - Eat That Question

What is Frank Zappa about? - Eat That Question

What is Frank Zappa about?

All right. Are you rolling? - Eat That Question

All right. Are you rolling?

It seems that the business thing - Eat That Question

It seems that the business thing

Well, it is just a matter...
It's a matter of survival - Eat That Question

Well, it is just a matter... It's a matter of survival

I have survived for 17 years. - Eat That Question

I have survived for 17 years.

If you had to define your job,
how would you define it? - Eat That Question

If you had to define your job, how would you define it?

Do you think the kind of entertainment
that people are craving now is much different - Eat That Question

Do you think the kind of entertainment that people are cravi...

I mean, there are some people that
only like the earliest albums, - Eat That Question

I mean, there are some people that only like the earliest al...

They're just these snotty little people
who don't really understand what's going on. - Eat That Question

They're just these snotty little people who don't ...

These are the people
who know everything they know - Eat That Question

These are the people who know everything they know

People just crave those early albums - Eat That Question

People just crave those early albums

Well, I hate to see anybody
with a closed mind on any topic. - Eat That Question

Well, I hate to see anybody with a closed mind on any topic.

So, I just feel sorry
that they're missing out on a lot of good stuff - Eat That Question

So, I just feel sorry that they're missing out on a lot...

Your mothers and fathers
are all drinking beer... - Eat That Question

Your mothers and fathers are all drinking beer...

An exploiter of a... Of a... Of a revolution... - Eat That Question

An exploiter of a... Of a... Of a revolution...

Someone hoping to sell tickets to a concert
on the basis of a social revolution. - Eat That Question

Someone hoping to sell tickets to a concert on the basis of ...

Did we ever advertise
that we were going to promote a revolution, - Eat That Question

Did we ever advertise that we were going to promote a revolu...

Well, that has nothing to do with the means
by which we advertise a concert. - Eat That Question

Well, that has nothing to do with the means by which we adve...

You gotta go - Eat That Question

Frank, a few questions
that we'd like to ask you this evening - Eat That Question

Frank, a few questions that we'd like to ask you this e...

And the first question
that we'd like to ask you is, - Eat That Question

And the first question that we'd like to ask you is,

Well, the first time I ever
got paid for playing music - Eat That Question

Well, the first time I ever got paid for playing music

And I started off as a drummer, - Eat That Question

And I started off as a drummer,

We used to rehearse over
at this preacher's house, - Eat That Question

We used to rehearse over at this preacher's house,

I was reading about the first time
you ever composed a piece of music. - Eat That Question

I was reading about the first time you ever composed a piece...

And I don't know if it was
really a piece of music, - Eat That Question

And I don't know if it was really a piece of music,

I always thought music looked nice on paper, - Eat That Question

I always thought music looked nice on paper,

They were the wrong color,
so I couldn't pass 'em, - Eat That Question

They were the wrong color, so I couldn't pass 'em,

I figured, well, if I could
just draw those things on the paper, - Eat That Question

I figured, well, if I could just draw those things on the pa...

Yeah. I didn't write a rock-and-roll song
until I was about 21 or 22 years old. - Eat That Question

Yeah. I didn't write a rock-and-roll song until I was a...

And prior to that time,
the only thing that I was writing - Eat That Question

And prior to that time, the only thing that I was writing

You play a bicycle? - Eat That Question

You play a bicycle?

He probably was selling
insurance or something, - Eat That Question

He probably was selling insurance or something,

Now, the tape is pre-recorded electric noises
that I stuck together. - Eat That Question

Now, the tape is pre-recorded electric noises that I stuck t...

But now the... The way we work this is, - Eat That Question

But now the... The way we work this is,

I must say that I am always
in favor of enlarging the horizons, - Eat That Question

I must say that I am always in favor of enlarging the horizo...

They're interested
in working with their hands, - Eat That Question

They're interested in working with their hands,

Now, when you want to play music - Eat That Question

Now, when you want to play music

They don't make it easy
for you to be a musician. - Eat That Question

They don't make it easy for you to be a musician.

In the United States especially, - Eat That Question

In the United States especially,

But musicians usually are regarded
as sort of the scum of the earth, - Eat That Question

But musicians usually are regarded as sort of the scum of th...

This particular project
has been very expensive. - Eat That Question

This particular project has been very expensive.

We are the other people
We are the other people - Eat That Question

We are the other people We are the other people

Do you think that I creep in the night - Eat That Question

Do you think that I creep in the night

Let me take a minute to tell you my plan - Eat That Question

Let me take a minute to tell you my plan

Record companies have
a peculiar way of making sure - Eat That Question

Record companies have a peculiar way of making sure

And don't you get a feeling that now,
with your records moving up in the charts, - Eat That Question

And don't you get a feeling that now, with your records...

- I've been hearing that.
- Do I look like - Eat That Question

- I've been hearing that. - Do I look like

Before that, you never got your music
heard by anybody, isn't that correct? - Eat That Question

Before that, you never got your music heard by anybody, isn&...

- And now...
- And they still don't care, - Eat That Question

- And now... - And they still don't care,

But then, isn't it...
The minute you look at you, - Eat That Question

But then, isn't it... The minute you look at you,

That you look, when somebody
sees you for the first time, - Eat That Question

That you look, when somebody sees you for the first time,

And where are you going from here, - Eat That Question

And where are you going from here,

I mean, where are you going to go from here, - Eat That Question

I mean, where are you going to go from here,

Well, I think one thing
that I'd like to do is to not work. - Eat That Question

Well, I think one thing that I'd like to do is to not w...

Well, isn't that what you're going to do
for a livelihood, eventually? - Eat That Question

Well, isn't that what you're going to do for a liv...

People don't compose for a livelihood,
especially in the United States. - Eat That Question

People don't compose for a livelihood, especially in th...

The composition end of
my musical experience - Eat That Question

The composition end of my musical experience

I also got ahold of an album
called The Rite of Spring. - Eat That Question

I also got ahold of an album called The Rite of Spring.

I thought, "Boy, if anybody
could make a missing link - Eat That Question

I thought, "Boy, if anybody could make a missing link

"If anybody could get a missing link
between Igor Stravinsky, Anton Webern, - Eat That Question

"If anybody could get a missing link between Igor Strav...

And then people started telling me
that my melodies were ugly, so... - Eat That Question

And then people started telling me that my melodies were ugl...

And bang, here we are
with the Mothers of Invention, - Eat That Question

And bang, here we are with the Mothers of Invention,

It's an American pop music band which is
connected with pop in a certain way, - Eat That Question

It's an American pop music band which is connected with...

But their leader Frank Zappa
that you'll see later on and who is noticeable, - Eat That Question

But their leader Frank Zappa that you'll see later on a...

You cannot define his music.
What he does is anti-music. - Eat That Question

You cannot define his music. What he does is anti-music.

How to define his music? - Eat That Question

How to define his music?

When you founded your
record producing company, - Eat That Question

When you founded your record producing company,

Because they had been
actually tampering with my... - Eat That Question

Because they had been actually tampering with my...

I would finish an album
and give them the tapes, - Eat That Question

I would finish an album and give them the tapes,

You know. That's what happened to the
We're Only in It for the Money album. - Eat That Question

You know. That's what happened to the We're Only i...

To give you an example
of what censorship was like at this company, - Eat That Question

To give you an example of what censorship was like at this c...

But in the song
Let's Make the Water Turn Black, - Eat That Question

But in the song Let's Make the Water Turn Black,

Two years later, in hushed whispers,
an executive from the company told me - Eat That Question

Two years later, in hushed whispers, an executive from the c...

And they were upset - Eat That Question

And they were upset

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An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Thorsten Schütte

Writer: N/A

Production: Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

Genre: documentary, biography, music

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $355,074

Released: 08 Dec 2016

Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations

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Also watch: Iceman, Days of Heaven, Manchester by the Sea, Hugo, Joker, Interstellar, Snowpiercer, Tenet, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Get Out, Forrest Gump, Me Before You, The Revenant, Avengers: Endgame, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Maze Runner, 500 Days of Summer