Country: France
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 01:00:00
Year of issue: 2013/2016
Gifted and iconoclastic musician, Frank Zappa also took a sharp look at his time. Through these rare and forgotten archives, Thorsten Schütte’s documentary draws an incisive portrait of a controversial rock star.
When, on December 4, 1993, Frank Zappa died, the world lost one of its most creative artists, but also one of its greatest provocateurs. Known for his sharp lyrics, regularly boycotted and censored by radio stations and the recording industry, the American composer and guitarist is among the most enigmatic and controversial figures in the history of 20th century music. Whether as a enfant terrible of rock with his group The Mothers of Invention, as an iconoclastic satirist denouncing politics and society or as a self-taught businessman managing his own production, the radical nature of his compositions and his uncompromising opinion have polarized passions.