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Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Thorsten Schütte’s film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.

Director

Thorsten Schütte

Year

Genre

Documentary, Biography, Music

Box Office

$355,074

Production

N/A

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations total

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And so they told one of the
engineers at their company - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And so they told one of the engineers at their company

I heard that the professor at
the Wayne University in Detroit - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I heard that the professor at the Wayne University in Detroi...

I'll save you the trouble of
pushing that button upstairs. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I'll save you the trouble of pushing that button upstai...

And I think it's amazing that so many people - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And I think it's amazing that so many people

It takes a lively sense of guilt
to make sin fun or enjoyable, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

It takes a lively sense of guilt to make sin fun or enjoyabl...

Yeah, well, the worst part of all this is - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Yeah, well, the worst part of all this is

If you talk to someone on the TV, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

If you talk to someone on the TV,

There might be a couple people
who think of me as a composer. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There might be a couple people who think of me as a composer...

Some people think that I'm
some sort of political rebel. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Some people think that I'm some sort of political rebel...

You had one very negative
experience in Berlin... - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

You had one very negative experience in Berlin...

We arrived in Berlin,
and we set up our equipment - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

We arrived in Berlin, and we set up our equipment

And some students came over there,
and they said, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And some students came over there, and they said,

The minute we came onstage,
about 200 students got up - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

The minute we came onstage, about 200 students got up

And a few hundred people
were coming toward the stage, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And a few hundred people were coming toward the stage,

They thought it was, you know,
something that we might do. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

They thought it was, you know, something that we might do.

There were reports that you
called these students fascists and... - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There were reports that you called these students fascists a...

Because I think that there's
definitely a fascistic element, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Because I think that there's definitely a fascistic ele...

Any sort of political ideology
that doesn't allow for the rights, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Any sort of political ideology that doesn't allow for t...

And doesn't take into consideration
the differences that people have is wrong. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And doesn't take into consideration the differences tha...

This town, this town - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

This town, this town

There's this piece that I had written - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There's this piece that I had written

Sort of a quiet string and piano background - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Sort of a quiet string and piano background

Then we have the full-fledged
version of The Girl's Dream, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Then we have the full-fledged version of The Girl's Dre...

And the narrator, who might
possibly be the conductor... - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And the narrator, who might possibly be the conductor...

You know, it'd be funny to have
the conductor saying these lines. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

You know, it'd be funny to have the conductor saying th...

He says, "The girl wants
to fix him some broth." - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

He says, "The girl wants to fix him some broth."

Hot dog debris - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Dog breath dog broth - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Dog breath dog broth

Doo-wee-oo, tinselcock, my baby - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doo-wee-oo, tinselcock, my baby

And he says, "Small dogs in it." - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And he says, "Small dogs in it."

Blindfolds in place, please. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Blindfolds in place, please.

- Are you in the arts?
- Yes. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

- Are you in the arts? - Yes.

It's the first feature film
to be shot on videotape. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

It took about two and a half or three weeks to write the scr...

It took 10 days to rehearse it, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

So, why don't you stay with us, and I'll say we�...

Open up your pocketbook
Get another quarter out - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Open up your pocketbook Get another quarter out

As far as anyone here can remember, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

"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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

But we gave them two sets of lyrics, and they got a choice t...

Do you think there was anything - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Do you think there was anything

Do you think people are still
as hung up hearing dirty words as they were - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

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: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Well, first of all, there is no such thing as a dirty word.

There is no word, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There is no word,

This is a fantasy that is manufactured - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

This is a fantasy that is manufactured

Any word that gets the point
across is a good word. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Any word that gets the point across is a good word.

If you want to tell somebody to get fucked, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

If you want to tell somebody to get fucked,

And I'm interested in
getting the point across fast, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And I'm interested in getting the point across fast,

Penis dimension - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Penis dimension

Penis dimension is worrying me - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Penis dimension is worrying me

I can't hardly sleep at night - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I can't hardly sleep at night

Do you worry? - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Do you worry? - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There's plenty of improvisation in a concert,
but what you see as being well-rehearsed - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

There's plenty of improvisation in a concert, but what ...

And that improvisation includes
not only instrumental solos, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And that improvisation includes not only instrumental solos,

That's all subject to change
from night to night. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

That's all subject to change from night to night.

But the blocks of material,
each song is pretty thoroughly rehearsed. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

But the blocks of material, each song is pretty thoroughly r...

I don't like to go out onstage
and slop around. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I don't like to go out onstage and slop around.

The air - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

But if I direct the group,
it has nothing to do with, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

But if I direct the group, it has nothing to do with,

It's like a referee at a sports match, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

It's like a referee at a sports match,

It helps to keep the material organized. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

It helps to keep the material organized.

Hear my - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Do any or has any of your band members
throughout the years used drugs, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Do any or has any of your band members throughout the years ...

When a person takes the job in the band, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

When a person takes the job in the band,

That means you don't go to jail
while you're on the road, okay? - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

That means you don't go to jail while you're on th...

If they want to do it
when they get home, fine, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

If they want to do it when they get home, fine,

Because it's...
Aside from the chemical damage, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Because it's... Aside from the chemical damage,

And I have fired people for using drugs. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

And I have fired people for using drugs.

What was your initial reaction to drugs?
I mean... - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

What was your initial reaction to drugs? I mean...

I've smoked about 10 joints
over a period of nine years. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I've smoked about 10 joints over a period of nine years...

They gave me a sore throat
and made me sleepy. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

They gave me a sore throat and made me sleepy.

I don't feel any closer or farther away
from the center of cosmic consciousness - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

I don't feel any closer or farther away from the center...

Anything else that I put in my body, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Anything else that I put in my body,

The closest I get to heavy drug use
is when I'm on the road - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

The closest I get to heavy drug use is when I'm on the ...

"Always a freak, but never a hippie." - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

"Always a freak, but never a hippie."

Well, Frank, during the past few days, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Well, Frank, during the past few days,

Well, I think that it was about time
that somebody did - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Well, I think that it was about time that somebody did

You said, "They make the
ultimate gesture of worship, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

You said, "They make the ultimate gesture of worship,

We've been a program of ill repute, - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

We've been a program of ill repute,

- And it's all right?
- So all you have to do - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

- And it's all right? - So all you have to do

You said it's also...
It's one of the most amazingly - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

You said it's also... It's one of the most amazing...

Well, you'd have to go on the road
and check it out a few times. - Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Well, you'd have to go on the road and check it out a f...

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words poster

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Thorsten Schütte’s film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.

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Director: Thorsten Schütte

Writer: N/A

Production: N/A

Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music

Year: 2016

MetaScore: 74/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $355,074

Released: 08 Dec 2016

Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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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