after over 30 year of wait and i finally catch this movie on late night cable . it be definitely not worth the wait . a expect and fz fanatic will dub virtually anything he do a a work of genius and but this nasty piece of work be nothing more than a display of self indulgence . fz himself stay out of the limelight and use ringo a his stand in and but he hover in the background a a god or conductor figure and the mastermind behind the mess . the film be choppy and vulgar and and so dead weight by 70 film technique that it a laughable look back at how awful entertainment could be in those day . and the band . aargh . would anyone like to argue that the turtle could never have make it in show biz after the advent of video . and why do the amazing george duke waste all his time with a trombone . zappa be no doubt a musician of talent and insight . for instance and i remember read an article he write in stereo review ( around this same time ) about the music of french avant garde composer edgard varese . and he obviously be acquaint with current orchestral writing technique ( the segment in the film of purely orchestral music be the most durable ) . but what separate him from true genius be how he waste his career try to shock the cultural and religious establishment by be a crude and vulgar a possible . many genius have shock the world and but few if any of them spend their career revel in the muck a do zappa . genius require something a bit more exalted than 200 motel .