Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily

Name: Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: 2014-10-05
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Massimo Bassoli, Mathilda Doucette Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, Gail Zappa

Frank Zappa - Summer '82 : When Zappa Came to Sicily

7.8 (5)2014-10-051h 21m

MusicDocumentary

Overview

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.