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The DVD packaging, with its deluxe miniature dossier on Zappa and the film, is fabulous, and the sound and picture seem about as good as they could be, under the influence--that is, the circumstances. Undeniable are Zappa's intelligence and charisma, which flicker and blaze every second he's on screen. The progressive-leaning rock and jazz music is frequently interrupted for meandering spoken interludes and is certainly not for all tastes. But Frank Zappa was a force to behold, and Baby Snakes offers a unique cultural education for anyone bold enough to give it a spin. "Without deviation," Zappa wrote, "progress is not possible." Baby Snakes is one of Frank's most fervent contributions to progress. --Michael Mikesell
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Frank Zappa |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 10 April, 1991 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Mpi Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Enhanced, Live, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Album Rock, Comedy Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Rock |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| UPC: | 340007312035 |
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Baby Snakes Seeing as how there is very little video record of the works of Frank Zappa, I consider this film to be nearly priceless. There is plenty one could be critical of: I sometimes regarded Zappa's musical topics as often rude, crude and needlessly raunchy. He was none-the-less a true American original and a brilliant composer. <
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>The best part of this film is the concert footage. If you never got the chance to see Frank live (Like me) and you generally dig LIVE music, you'll totally dig this video.
Teriffic Zappa Concert Movie....Better Than 200 Motels
*** Be warned that "Baby Snakes" IS NOT a regular movie as it is sarcastically referred to in the film's trailers. It is a concert film with one of FZ's greatest bands of the 70's with some extremely eye-popping clay animation sequences by animator Bruce Bickford thrown in between.
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>The concert footage is fantastic and it proves that FZ loved to entertain his audience and wanted to make sure that they had a great time.
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>There is audience participation where fans are invited on stage to take part in the band's antics. There is a man who is billed as the "Human Trombone" because the sounds he makes with his mouth sound exactly like, what else?, a TROMBONE!
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>Terry Bozzio has a great minute and a half drum solo that is not on the soundtrack album to this movie but can only be seen and heard here.
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>The concert is from the October 31, 1977 Halloween concert at the old Palladium in NYC. The songs performed are mostly taken from the "Sheik Yerbouti" album with some requested oldies thrown in to please the fans.
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>Dinah-Moe Humm is, unfortunately, the most requested song since it is shouted several times by audience memebers (and even by other fans on live cds). That request is typical among "casual fans". When you're a big FZ fan like myself and someone tells you they are the same and then mention "Dinah-Moe Humm" or "Valley Girl" as their favorite Zappa song, then I know they are either casual fans who have not heard much of Zappa's music or they are a liar. One older guy in the movie requests "Help, I'm A Rock" which brought a smile to my face.
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>The worst thing about the movie is footage of original mother Roy Estrada's fascination with a blow-up doll backstage and his annoying onstage routine with a gas mask and papal hat. I did not care for any of it.
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>Some criticize Bickford's animation claiming that it was used too much in this almost 3 hour movie. I disagree because there is enough concert footage and the animation is always changing.
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>I didn't care for Bickford's mind-less rantings but there's not too much of that thankfully.
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>All in all, this is a fantastic movie for all "true" FZ fans. 200 Motels was not as enjoyable since Zappa did not sing or speak one word in the entire movie.
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>In "Baby Snakes" he speaks humorous monologues, sings his classics and plays his guitar....HE DOES IT ALL!
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Zappa in one word:genius!!
Zappa was one of the most original artists around and still to this day,no one has ever come close to his musical ability and imagination....Zappa never got BORING like Clapton,who keeps coming out the same cd every time.At least Zappa took chances..Could you imagine Clapton coming out with a classical cd??? I don't think so..I mean,Clapton is good in his day and wasn't bad later on,but what has he done now?? Same old stuff...Get over it,MR.SEEKER!!! GET A LIFE!!!