Zappa's '82 Italian tour comes to life with never-before-seen concert / backstage footage
In the feature documentary, Summer 82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily,
filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story
of Frank Zappa's star-crossed concert in Palermo, Sicily, the wrap-up to
a European tour that ended in public disturbances and police
intervention. Cuccia had a ticket to the concert but never made it.
Thirty
years later, collaborating with Zappa's family, he re-creates the
events through a combination of rare concert and backstage footage;
photographs; anecdotes from family, band members, and concertgoers; and
insights from Zappa biographer and friend Massimo Bassoli. The story is
also a personal one, as Cuccia interweaves the story of Zappa's trip to
Sicily with his own memories from that summer.
The film looks
at the rise and heyday of Frank Zappa's career as an innovative composer
and libertarian provocateur, and includes tales of the relationship of a
busy father with his children.
While in Sicily for the
concert, Zappa visited Partinico, the birthplace of his father and
grandfather; and in the film's warm and loving coda, three of Zappa's
children, Dweezil, Moon Diva and his wife Gail, return to meet their
relatives there for the first time.
A Blu-ray edition of the
film, distributed by MVD Entertainment Group and produced by Eleonora
Cordaro for Abra&Cadabra, will be released on December 8th (pre-order HERE). Bonus features include unpublished photos of Zappa behind the scenes.
SCREENINGS:
11/17 - Philadelphia - PhilaMOCA - Q&A with Dweezil Zappa
11/20 - Boston - The Regent Theatre - Q&A with Dweezil Zappa
11/17 - Philadelphia - PhilaMOCA - Q&A with Dweezil Zappa
11/20 - Boston - The Regent Theatre - Q&A with Dweezil Zappa
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