200 Motels

200 Motels

1971 · 98 min · EN · R · 5.3 (29 votes)
Dir. Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer · Starring Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Ian Underwood, Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke · Music Frank Zappa
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"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.

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A dizzying, kaleidoscopic plunge into the absurdities of rock stardom. It's a surreal, psychedelic fever dream where reality warps and the mundane becomes hilariously bizarre. Expect a wild, disorienting trip with no clear destination.

surrealchaoticabsurdistdisorientingpsychedelicfreneticsurrealismpsychedelic rockavant-gardemockumentaryrock and roll excessdisillusionmentidentity
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