Frank Zappa's Cultural Legacy
Chapter 2: Zappa and his Cultural Legacy: Authorship, Influences and Expressive Features in Frank Zappa’s Movies
The second chapter was written by Manuel de la Fuenta, and it enters more in the realm for Zappa’s love for filming and movie making. It may have seemed peculiar at the time for a rock star to become so entangled with movies, but Zappa actually admitted that if he found a producer for his beginning works in cinema, he never would have performed rock music. Like his music, we get snippets of deep rooted opinions and themes that he believed were important. Much like his music, Zappa always found ways to have an active audience and challenge their views on things like the government, the music business and anti-drugs. In his film 200
The second chapter was written by Manuel de la Fuenta, and it enters more in the realm for Zappa’s love for filming and movie making. It may have seemed peculiar at the time for a rock star to become so entangled with movies, but Zappa actually admitted that if he found a producer for his beginning works in cinema, he never would have performed rock music. Like his music, we get snippets of deep rooted opinions and themes that he believed were important. Much like his music, Zappa always found ways to have an active audience and challenge their views on things like the government, the music business and anti-drugs. In his film 200