200 Motels (1971)
- Directed by
- Tony Palmer, Frank Zappa
- Genre
- progressive rock, musical film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A surreal musical film about rock musicians on tour. It follows the Mothers of Invention as they deal with the strangeness of life on the road. The movie mixes concert footage with absurd sketches and animation.
surrealchaoticwhimsicalexperimentalenergeticsatiricaloffbeatunpredictablefast-paced
What happens
200 Motels is a 1971 surrealist musical film written and directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer, and featuring music by Zappa. An international co-production of United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars the Mothers of Invention, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr. A soundtrack album was released in the same year, with a slightly different selection of music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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