Frank Zappa: Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation
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Actor: Frank ZappaBrand: RED DISTRIBUTION
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Best of, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Movie Reviews of Frank Zappa: Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation
Movie Review: There's a spot that makes me hot...but they didn't quite get to it.
Summary: 4 Stars
Owning the Classic Albums DVDs for Lou Reed, Sex Pistols, Cream, Deep Purple, Doors and Zappa; I have to say this is worthy, but ain't a classic within the series. Only a handful of songs from Overnite Sensation and Apostrophe are covered here, and only fleetingly in most cases. There are plenty of people interviewed, but it ranges from the half sentence blurbs of the shortest Alice Cooper interview ever done and the chuckling "I don't really have anything to say about that" style of George Duke to the episode stealing interviews with Ruth Underwood and Billy Bob Thornton. Steve Via and Dweezil are insightful and gracious, but few seem to know how to talk about this complicated guy. Though Moon Unit's basic comment that he was a "musical monk...who liked groupies" gives another angle, it reeks a bit of her personal issues more than something helpful to understanding the guy's music. When you've finished the Machine Head Classic Albums DVD, you feel you've learned something new about every song and the circumstance of the recording (hell, they even go further in depth with the Zappa origins of the Smoke On The Water story than most anything here). Never Mind The Bollocks Classic Album is chock full of info and depth. The Fleetwood Mac episode of this series goes so far, for so long it's overwhelming! But this one just doesn't feel complete. It's undoubtedly worth getting for the rare footage (including Halloween Zappa on SNL), but if you own these albums you'll get more about the songs from putting on your headphones than watching this. The "Vaultmeister" as he's introduced, seems to have just gotten the keys to the vault, as all he knows is the location of said album, and the history of the format it's recorded on. Both he and Dweezil seem genuinely surprised when they encounter an interesting bit on the master tapes, as if they'd never thought of sitting down and examining what was there. At least they could've done a dry run before the cameras got there, so they'd appear to know SOMETHING! There's plenty of talk about Tina, but she's not on here. At least Gail gets some camera time and knows how to use it. Maybe it's because Frank is so very different and dead, that they were unable to completely capture the essence of what these recording sessions were all about. But it seems like they didn't do enough research into the original studio, or engineer or enough of the musicians involved to give a concise statement about these truly Classic Albums. Sadly; three and a half stars out of five.
Summary of Frank Zappa: Apostrophe / Over-Nite Sensation
"This is where you go to find every aspect of Frank's music squeezed into two perfectly formed records."Dweezil Zappa. This new addition to Eagle Vision's acclaimed Classic Albums series focuses on Frank Zappa's early seventies albums "Overnite Sensation" (1973) and "Apostrophe(`)" (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the two most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. As ever the program uses interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive and home movie footage plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. TRACKLISTING: Features excerpts from: -Dinah-Moe Humm -I'm The Slime -Montana -St Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast -Dirty Love -Cosmic Debris -Stink-Foot & more.History will show that Frank Zappa (1940-1993) was one of the greatest American composers of the 20th century in any musical form, and this superb episode of the Classic Albums series offers ample proof of Zappa's genius. As Zappa's reverent son and musical heir Dweezil Zappa rightly points out, Over-Nite Sensation (1973) and Apostrophe (') (1974) are the albums that epitomize Zappa's masterful jazz/rock fusion, virtually defining a unique musical genre that can only be called "Zappa." The recording of both albums is chronicled here not simply because they best represent the dazzling complexity of Zappa's music, but also because they were recorded simultaneously in a burst of creativity, proving beyond any doubt that Zappa was more than simply a mischievous provocateur. While the world may know Zappa from his mainstream novelty hit "Valley Girl" (with daughter Moon on vocals), any devoted Zappaphile will tell you that this is the real Zappa, in full musical bloom, working miracles in the studio with The Mothers of Invention and a stellar variety of topnotch musicians who cite their time with Zappa as the most rewarding period of their careers.
The Classic Albums series strives to be definitive, and this must-have DVD is fully authorized in the scope of its coverage. With complete cooperation and participation from the remaining Zappa family (sons Dweezil and Ahmet, daughter Moon, and widow Gail are all extensively interviewed) and additional interviews with Billy Bob Thornton, Alice Cooper, guitarist Steve Vai, veteran Rolling Stone critic David Fricke, and many of Zappa's closest associates and collaborators, this 97-minute documentary is packed with highlights and fascinating revelations, like the pristine precision of Zappa's hand-written compositions, Zappa's childhood fascination with the compositions of Edgard Var?se, and his diligent, prolific, and disciplined, drug-free approach to recording and touring. Zappa's studio process is amazingly revealed when Dweezil and Zappa "Vaultmeister" Joe Travers sit down at a mixing table to analyze the master tapes of classic Zappa tracks like the hilariously controversial "Dyna-Moe Humm." In addition to vintage archival clips of Zappa discussing his music and career, and home movies of Zappa's band on tour during the mid-1970s, this DVD also includes the complete video of Zappa performing "I'm the Slime" on Saturday Night Live in 1976, live footage of a 1973 performance of "Montana," and a new performance of "Camarillo Brillo" by Dweezil's tribute band, Zappa Plays Zappa (with Dweezil playing one of his father's favorite Gibson guitars). Bonus features also include a Travers-hosted trip into the massive Zappa archives, and further deconstruction of Zappa tracks "Dirty Love" and "Nanook Rubs It." If you're a casual Zappa fan, this DVD will turn you into a passionate convert. For those who've loved Zappa all along, it's a little bit of heaven here on Earth. --Jeff Shannon
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