Frank Zappa Movies

A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism....

A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was...

This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most...

"The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led invasion. The...

People are asked to tell their favorite jokes.

A film by Jerome Laperrousaz, showing the festival at Amougies, October 1969.

Frank Zappa: New York & Elsewhere is an Austrian released TV documentary directed in 1980 by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, aka DoRo productions,...

Directed by Roelof Kiers for Dutch television, this documentary follows Frank Zappa at home and during the making of 200 Motels. Combining interviews...

Actuel Festival, Mont de lnclus, Amougies, Belgium 25 October, 1969, was restored from The Early Years 1965-1972 - Vol. 3 1969 Dramatis/ation ...

Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps.

A documentary analyzing the social, political and cultural climate of Hollywood in the mid-1960s.

In 1971, the Kalvøya adventure started with shows, jazz and folk rock and the festival developed into "The mother of all Norwegian festivals".

A documentary on the life and music of manic-depressive, paranoid-schizophrenic cult music icon Wild Man Fischer.

A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.

An insane Hollywood makeup artist kidnaps a woman and keeps her prisoner in a prop-filled warehouse.

Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on...

"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The...

Produced for Dutch television and directed by Roelof Kiers, this documentary offers an observational portrait of musician and composer Frank Zappa in...

On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the...

Influential animator, Hungarian immigrant and lifelong Frank Zappa enthusiast Gábor Csupó recounts his chance meeting and eventual...