Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music (2007): Cast

Frank Scheffer’s collage‑style documentary on American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, first broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands on April 22 2007. It revisits material previously seen in Roelof Kier’s 1971 film and Scheffer’s earlier work “A Present‑Day Composer Refuses to Die,” while adding fresh content, notably interviews with longtime collaborators Denny Walley, Haskell Wekler, Elliott Ingber and Bruce Fowler.

• FS Director Frank Scheffer

• FZ Frank Zappa

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