Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words

Videography

January 25, 2016
90 min.

Directed by Thorston Schütte.

Formerly known as Zapped.

Includes footage from

• 0:00:09 Take Off (FM TV, July 31, 1982)
• 0:01:09 ? (B&W, c. 1968) "Trouble Every Day"
• 0:01:11 Chuck Ash Interview (November 3, 1981)
• 0:01:21 ? (B&W, c. 1968) "Trouble Every Day"
• 0:01:30 ? (color)
• 0:01:36 Garrick Theatre (Ed Seeman, 1967)
• 0:01:39 Freeman Reports (CNN, October 26, 1981)
• 0:01:41 Hamburg, October 4, 1968
• 0:01:43 Freeman Reports (CNN, October 26, 1981)
• 0:01:46 The Day It Is (CBC, Canada, May 19, 1969)
• 0:01:49 ? (B&W, c. 1968) "Trouble Every Day"
• 0:01:54 The Mike Douglas Show (NBC, November 11, 1976)
• 0:01:59 Woodrow Wilson Dr. (VPRO, 1970)
• 0:02:01 Vienna, 1968 (B&W, c. October, 1968)
• 0:02:03 Paris, December 15, 1970
• 0:02:04 Garrick Theatre (Ed Seeman, 1967)
• 0:02:05 Early 1969 (Motorhead Home Movies)
• 0:02:07 Garrick Theatre (Ed Seeman, 1967)
• 0:02:12 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:02:16 Böblingen, Germany, January 31, 1977
• 0:02:17 Monday Conference (ABC, July 2, 1973)
• 0:02:18 Bruce Bickford Claymation
• 0:02:22 Bruce Bickford Studio (Baby Snakes, 1979)
• 0:02:24 Germany, 1968 (posters) (Essen?)
• 0:02:31 Nationwide (BBC, January 7, 1983)
• 0:02:35 Albany, February 2, 1988
• 0:02:36 Paris, January, 1984 (FZ & Boulez)
• 0:02:40 ? (Kelly Lange)
• 0:02:42 protesters (c. 1985?)
• 0:02:43 ? (c. 1986-1988)
• 0:02:45 ? (Kelly Lange)
• 0:02:49 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:02:52 Paris, June 11, 1980
• 0:02:53 Monday Conference (ABC, July 2, 1973)
• 0:02:55 Palladium, NYC, October, 1977 (Baby Snakes, 1979)
• 0:02:56 ? (B&W, c. 1982)
• 0:02:56 Pop 2 (ORTF, May 8, 1971)
• 0:02:58 Channel Four News (BBC, January 6, 1983)
• 0:03:00 Böblingen, Germany, January 31, 1977
• 0:03:02 Beat Club (Radio Bremen TV, October 6, 1968)
• 0:03:02 Pop 2 (Airport) (ORTF, December 11, 1971)
• 0:03:04 Pop 2 (Sofa) (ORTF, December 11, 1971)
• 0:03:05 Night Flight (October 24, 1985)
• 0:03:06 Channel Four News (BBC, January 6, 1983)
• 0:03:09 EAT THAT QUESTION
• 0:03:11 Take Off (FM TV, July 31, 1982)
• 0:03:13 FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS
• 0:03:16 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:04:44 TTG Studios, LA, c. September, 1966 (Sex In Today's World)
• 0:05:08 The Day It Is (CBC, Canada, May 19, 1969)
• 0:05:42 ? (B&W, c. 1968) "Plastic People" (soundcheck)
• 0:06:15 Chuck Ash Interview (November 3, 1981)
• 0:06:59 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:08:01 The Steve Allen Show (ABC, March 27, 1963)
• 0:10:25 Spotlight (Swedish TV, December 4, 1971)
• 0:11:30 From The Bitter End (October 15, 1967)
• 0:11:45 MOI Home Movies (c. 1968-1969) (Uncle Meat) "Mother People"
• 0:12:33 From The Bitter End (October 15, 1967)
• 0:14:24 Woodrow Wilson Dr. (VPRO, 1970)
• 0:15:56 Forum Musiques (ORTF, October 23, 1968) "Pound For A Brown/Sleeping In A Jar"
• 0:19:16 Germany, 1968 (Essen?)
• 0:19:39 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:20:58 The Day It Is (CBC, Canada, May 19, 1969)
• 0:22:03 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:23:04 Sportpalast, Berlin, October 16, 1968
• 0:23:13 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:23:15 Sportpalast, Berlin, October 16, 1968
• 0:23:29 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:23:33 Sportpalast, Berlin, October 16, 1968
• 0:23:52 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:23:57 Sportpalast, Berlin, October 16, 1968
• 0:24:02 Radio Bremen Interview (June 19, 1970)
• 0:24:34 Woodrow Wilson Dr. (VPRO, 1970) (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:26:20 Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971 (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:26:34 Woodrow Wilson Dr. (VPRO, 1970) (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:26:59 Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971 (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:27:20 What's My Line? (September 23, 1971)
• 0:28:26 Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971 (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:28:40 What's My Line? (September 23, 1971)
• 0:28:46 Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971 (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels)
• 0:28:59 What's My Line? (September 23, 1971)
• 0:29:22 Pinewood Studios, January-February, 1971 (Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels) "Magic Fingers"
• 0:30:23 BBC News (February 8, 1971)
• 0:32:08 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:33:02 Fillmore West, November 6, 1970 "Penis Dimension"
• 0:34:39 Spotlight (Swedish TV, December 4, 1971)
• 0:35:28 Paris, December 15, 1970
• 0:36:32 Spotlight (Swedish TV, December 4, 1971)
• 0:37:01 Paris, December 15, 1970
• 0:37:38 MOI Airport? 1970
• 0:37:50 Chuck Ash Interview (November 3, 1981)
• 0:38:41 Weekend (CBC, February 14, 1971)
• 0:39:24 Pop 2 (Airport) (ORTF, December 11, 1971)
• 0:39:45 Monday Conference (ABC, July 2, 1973)
• 0:41:01 Oppapoppa, Stockholm, August 21, 1973 "Cosmik Debris"
• 0:43:05 ? Airport (B&W, c. 1973)
• 0:43:16 Get To Know (June, 1973)
• 0:44:07 KCET (August 27, 1974) "Approximate"
• 0:45:43 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:46:31 Chuck Ash Interview (November 3, 1981)
• 0:47:38 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:48:14 Palladium, NYC, October, 1977 (Baby Snakes, 1979) "Dinah-Moe Humm"
• 0:51:12 The New Music (CityTV, November 21, 1981)
• 0:52:18 Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany, c. August-September, 1978 (We Don't Mess Around) "Bobby Brown"
• 0:55:12 The Stanley Siegel Show (ABC, August 17, 1981)
• 0:57:33 The Pier, NYC, August, 1984 "Tinsel Town Rebellion"
• 0:59:50 Take Off (FM TV, July 31, 1982)
• 1:01:30 Newsnight (BBC, January 10, 1983)
• 1:04:26 Nationwide (BBC, January 7, 1983)
• 1:05:36 "Porn Wars" (Night Flight, October 24, 1985)
• 1:05:53 ? ("Rock Lyrics")
• 1:06:06 ? ("Restricted Rock?")
• 1:06:12 ? ("Rock Ratings")
• 1:06:24 Tipper Gore (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:06:34 FZ (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:06:53 ? ("Rock Ratings")
• 1:07:01 Nightline (ABC, September 13, 1985)
• 1:07:13 Tipper Gore (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:07:21 Nightline (ABC, September 13, 1985)
• 1:07:24 Paula Hawkins (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:07:27 Nightline (ABC, September 13, 1985)
• 1:07:32 Paula Hawkins (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:07:43 Nightline (ABC, September 13, 1985)
• 1:08:23 FZ & Paula Hawkins (Senate Hearings, September 19, 1985)
• 1:10:08 Crossfire (CNN, March 28, 1986)
• 1:12:14 ? ("Warning Labels")
• 1:12:54 Barcelona, May 17, 1988 ("When The Lie's So Big")
• 1:14:42 CBS This Morning (June 9, 1989)
• 1:16:20 DoRo? (c. 1989)
• 1:17:12 CBS This Morning (June 9, 1989)
• 1:17:33 "G-Spot Tornado" (Video From Hell)
• 1:18:11 Prague, January, 1990
• 1:21:14 Editing Room, Woodrow Wilson Dr., c. 1990
• 1:21:58 Musik Werkstatt (ZDF, April 8, 1990)
• 1:22:35 (Airplane)
• 1:22:41 Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, July, 1992 ("G-Spot Tornado")
• 1:23:25 Musik Werkstatt (ZDF, April 8, 1990)
• 1:23:53 Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, July, 1992 ("G-Spot Tornado")
• 1:24:31 Today Show (NBC, May 14, 1993)
• 1:28:40 Ensemble Modern, Burbank, July, 1993 ("Ionisation")
• 1:30:13 (Credits)
• 1:32:55 Register To Vote PSA, October 2, 1985
• 1:33:08 [end]

Andrew Greenaway, "Zappa At The Roundhouse," The Idiot Bastard, November, 2010

Thorsten Schütte came to the Studio Theatre to show us unseen, lost and forgotten film footage and discuss FZ's role as a film maker. Thorsten is currently putting together FZ footage for an official release, with ZAPPED as the working title. [...] They only showed us three of six film clips from ZAPPED, one of which is up on YouTube.

"Zapped," International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (accessed on October 20, 2012)

Zapped
Germany | 90min.

Logline
Zapped celebrates the 20th anniversary of Frank Zappa's death in 2013 with a treasure trove of lost and forgotten film and audio recordings from all around the globe.

Project information
Status: development / research
Title: Zapped
Country: Germany

Credits
Director
Thorsten Schütte

Production
Jochen Laube for teamWorx Television & Film GmbH

Commissioning Editor
Martina Zöllner for SWR

Selected for FORUM 2011

"Sundance Institute Completes Feature Film Lineup For 2016 Sundance Film Festival," Sundance Institute, December 7, 2015

Sundance Institute today completed its feature film lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival with the highly anticipated narratives, documentaries, episodic work and events in the Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids and Special Events sections. The Festival takes place January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah. [...]

Eat That Question—Frank Zappa in His Own Words / France, Germany (Director: Thorsten Schütte)—This entertaining encounter with the premier of sonic avant-garde is acidic, fun-poking, and full of rich and rare archival footage. This documentary bashes favorite Zappa targets and dashes a few myths about the man himself. World Premiere

"Eat That Question—Frank Zappa in His Own Words," Sundance Institute, c. December 29, 2015

Thorsten Schütte's film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician's world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character.

[...]

Cast & Credits
Director Thorsten Schütte
Screenwriter Thorsten Schütte
Producer Estelle Fialon
Line Producer Claire Babany / Michael Jungfleisch
Editor Willibald Wonneberger
Researcher Elizabeth Klinck
Co Producer Jochen Laube

[...]

Watch at the Sundance Film Festival
8:30 PM MON 1/25 Prospector Square Theatre
9:00 PM WED 1/27 Temple Theatre
6:00 PM THU 1/28 Tower Theatre
11:45 PM SAT 1/30 Egyptian Theatre

More teasers, trailers & interviews:

• "EAT THAT QUESTION Trailer (Frank Zappa Movie—2016)," Fresh Movie Trailers, YouTube, May 26, 2016
• "Director Thorsten Schutte on making NEW Frank Zappa Doc EAT THAT QUESTION," Jog Road Productions, YouTube, June 21, 2016
• "Film Clip: 'Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words'," WSJ Video, June 23, 2016
• "Moon Zappa and Thorsten Schutte On "Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words" | AOL BUILD," Aol Build, YouTube, June 23, 2016
• "Thorsten Schütte and Moon Unit Zappa on 'Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words'," BehindTheVelvetRope.TV, YouTube, June 24, 2016
• Tom Cole, "Zappa On Zappa: 'Eat That Question' Tells A Contrarian's Story In His Own Words," NPR, June 24, 2016
• "Q&A with Thorsten Schütte, Director of EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS," Film Forum, June 25, 2016
• "Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words Clip Compilation (2016)," FilmIsNow Movie Bloopers & Extras, YouTube, June 25, 2016

Sony Classics: Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words

Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words / Teaser

Videography

January 17, 2016
1 min.

Includes footage from

• Böblingen, Germany (concert footage & interview) (January 31, 1977)

Les Films du Poisson, YouTube, January 17, 2016

Thorsten Schütte's film is a sharply edited and energetic celebration of Zappa through his public persona, allowing us to witness his shifting relationship with audiences. Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into the musician's world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character.

YouTube: Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words / TEASER (1:01 min.)

Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words (Trailer)

Videography

May 26, 2016
2 min.

New trailer for Eat That Question—Frank Zappa In His Own Words (2016).

Includes footage from:

• From The Bitter End (1967)
• Beat Club (1968)
• The Day It Is (1969)
• Radio Bremen (1970)
• Zappa home (1970)
• 200 Motels shooting (1971)
• Weekend (CBC, 1971)
• Pop 2 (May, 1971)
• Pop 2 (December, 1971)
• Australian interview (1973)
• Monday Conference (1973)
• KCET TV (1974)
• Palladium (NYC, 1977)
• Böblingen, Germany (interview) (1977)
• We Don't Mess Around (1978)
• The Stanley Siegel Show (1981)
• The New Music (1981)
• Channel Four News (1983)
• Night Flight (October, 1985)

 

YouTube: EAT THAT QUESTION Trailer (Frank Zappa Movie—2016) (2:04 min.)