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Are you in the arts? - Yes
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Are you in the arts?- Yes. Is there anything musical about your work? Some people think...

Are you in the arts?
- Yes. Is there anything musical about your work? Some people think so. Then are you on the stage? Yes. A special kind of stage. - You mean music stage.
- Yes. Are you... Are you also a composer? Yes. Arlene? Are you part of a group? Yes. Soupy Do you have a mustache? - Yes.
- You Frank Zappa? - Yes.
- Yes! - Good boy, Soup!
- Yeah. - Good for you, Soupy!
- Very good! Yeah! That's right. Attaboy, Soup! Two Franks. Tell us about the movie, Frank,
that you've been involved with. We just finished a film called 200 Motels

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- Are you in the arts? - Yes.
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Is there anything musical about your work?
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Some people think so.
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Then are you on the stage?
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Yes.
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A special kind of stage.
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- You mean music stage. - Yes.
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Are you... Are you also a composer?
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Yes.
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Arlene?
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Are you part of a group?
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Yes.
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Soupy
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Do you have a mustache?
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- Yes. - You Frank Zappa?
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- Yes. - Yes!
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- Good boy, Soup! - Yeah.
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- Good for you, Soupy! - Very good!
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Yeah! That's right.
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Attaboy, Soup! Two Franks.
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Tell us about the movie, Frank, that you've been involved with.
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We just finished a film called 200 Motels.
Duration
45 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:43
Uploaded
Nov 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
Les Films du Poisson,UFA Fiction,SWR,ARTE

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Movie Summary

An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician, Frank Zappa.
It's the first feature film to be shot on videotape. - Eat That Question 00:28
It's the first feature film to be shot on videotape.
It took about two and a half or three weeks to write the script. - Eat That Question 00:05
It took about two and a half or three weeks to write the scr...
It took 10 days to rehearse it, - Eat That Question 00:15
It took 10 days to rehearse it,
So, why don't you stay with us, and I'll say we'll continue right after this word. - Eat That Question 00:06
So, why don't you stay with us, and I'll say we�...
Open up your pocketbook Get another quarter out - Eat That Question 00:09
Open up your pocketbook Get another quarter out
As far as anyone here can remember, - Eat That Question 00:25
As far as anyone here can remember,
Yes, I think it's a little more than a... A little more than a pop concert, you see. - Eat That Question 00:06
Yes, I think it's a little more than a... A little more...
This was booked as a concert, and it was only after that - Eat That Question 00:12
This was booked as a concert, and it was only after that
But who are you trying to protect by canceling the concert? - Eat That Question 00:06
But who are you trying to protect by canceling the concert?
Anybody who might come thinking that they're going to hear - Eat That Question 00:17
Anybody who might come thinking that they're going to h...
And we gave them a copy of the lyrics in their original form, - Eat That Question 00:10
And we gave them a copy of the lyrics in their original form...
And then we found out that one of the things that they were complaining about was a line - Eat That Question 00:13
And then we found out that one of the things that they were ...
"The kind of a girl with a sister who wears a brassiere to a pop festival." - Eat That Question 00:10
"The kind of a girl with a sister who wears a brassiere...
And so, you know, we said, "We'll take the 'brassiere' out - Eat That Question 00:06
And so, you know, we said, "We'll take the 'b...
But we gave them two sets of lyrics, and they got a choice to choose between. - Eat That Question 00:07
But we gave them two sets of lyrics, and they got a choice t...
Do you think there was anything - Eat That Question 00:08
Do you think there was anything
Do you think people are still as hung up hearing dirty words as they were - Eat That Question 00:07
Do you think people are still as hung up hearing dirty words...
Well, first of all, there is no such thing as a dirty word. - Eat That Question 00:06
Well, first of all, there is no such thing as a dirty word.
There is no word, - Eat That Question 00:11
There is no word,
This is a fantasy that is manufactured - Eat That Question 00:09
This is a fantasy that is manufactured