Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappas 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.

A Labyrinth of Time

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Carefully composed portrait of prominent modern composer Elliott Carter (1908-1912). Scheffer depicts both the person and the development in his music and the musical tradition it grew out of, as well as the time in which the American Carter grew up. The result: historical images of the city of New York, old film footage, cinematographic finds to illustrate the music and statements by conspicuous fellow-composers and musicians, including Pierre Boulez and Daniel Barenboim.

Pierre Boulez – MRQE

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

A Labyrinth of Time