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- 2016
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 33 m
- 2016
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words is an intimate encounter with the iconoclastic composer and musician. Rare archival footage reveals a provocative 20th century musical genius whose worldview reverberates into the present day and beyond.
Directed By: Thorsten Schütte
- 2016
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 33 m
- 2016
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 1 h 33 m
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
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Summary Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words is an intimate encounter with the iconoclastic composer and musician. Rare archival footage reveals a provocative 20th century musical genius whose worldview reverberates into the present day and beyond.
Directed By: Thorsten Schütte
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
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86% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 Critic Reviews
74
86% Positive
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
14% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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It serves as a great introduction to an important artist who was ahead of his time.
By focusing entirely on Zappa’s outlook on his own work and the way it related to the outside world, Schütte manages to form a tight narrative around this fascinating man.
Eat That Question does a good job of giving us just a taste of nearly every era in Zappa’s multifaceted career.
Schütte's film, which began with the cooperation of Zappa's late wife Gail and has the blessing of Ahmet and his sisters, Moon and Diva (but not Dweezil), lets him speak for himself.
It presents a captivating portrait of one of the era's greatest defenders of artistic freedom and a true American original.
Quotable, controversial, anarchic, charismatic and handsome (in an ugly way), the zany avant-garde rocker Frank Zappa had everything one needs to be a star, except talent.
The film’s most poignant moment comes in an interview that took place near the end of Zappa’s life. He’s asked how he wants to be remembered, and he responds, “I don’t care.” That doesn’t mean we don’t care, or that we aren’t allowed to care, but this isn’t the film to make us do it.
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Production Company
Les Films du Poisson,
UFA Fiction,
ARTE,
Südwestrundfunk (SWR),
Sveriges Television (SVT),
Medien- und Filmgesellschaft (MFG) Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg,
Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep),
Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA),
Zappa Family Trust
Release Date Jun 24, 2016
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The musical message is a philosophical message, and it's very simple... You are never gonna please anybody else, so you might as well please yourself. (Frank Zappa)
Awards
FOCAL International Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Athens International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
