
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
Music · Documentary
Overview
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’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.
Top Cast


Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Frank Zappa
Self (archive footage)


Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)
Theodore Bikel
Rance Muhammitz (archive footage)


Arlene Francis
Arlene Francis
Self (archive footage)
Arlene Francis
Self (archive footage)


Keith Moon
Keith Moon
Self (archive footage)
Keith Moon
Self (archive footage)


Steve Allen
Steve Allen
Self (archive footage)
Steve Allen
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carl Black
Self (archive footage)


Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Boulez
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Braden
Thomas Braden
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Braden
Self (archive footage)


Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self (archive footage)
Paul Carman
Paul Carman
Self (archive footage)
Paul Carman
Self (archive footage)
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