Films
ZAPPA – AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
ZAPPA
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
5.00pm, Saturday February 6th, 2021
Chauvel Cinema, Paddington
Co-presented by Groovescooter for
Antenna Selects / Antenna Documentary Film Festival
With unfettered access to the Zappa Vault, and the archival footage contained within, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulance of its time. Trippy, critical lyrics and a boundless musical sense of adventure were two of the basic elements of Frank Zappa‘s universe. The self-taught virtuoso with the unmistakable moustache could play any instrument and released over 60 albums during his far too short life. Director Alex Winter was given unique access to Zappa’s personal treasure trove of an archive, and what he found has been turned into a hugely entertaining and wildly inspiring film, that is completely in Zappa’s maximilist spirit. For if there was one thing that united his unruly opus, it was the defence of artistic freedom whatever the cost [CPH:DOX]