Day 134: Zappa's 200 Motels
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Vienna 1971—A Student Journal
A year of music, study, travel, sightseeing &
friends.
Day
134 — Zappa's 200 Motels
14-December-1971
(Tue.)
TRANSCRIPT
Saw “200 Motels” by Frank Zappa. It was wild, funny,
and throbbing—gave me a headache. But I like some of
the ideas and, especially, the visual effects (…
solarized color). Excellent in that respect.
As for thematic content and purpose, I don’t really
agree with it.
REFLECTIONS
Zappa’s
motels. Today, I
see a movie about Frank Zappa titled
200
Motels. While I
don’t remember this movie, I can guess that it was
about Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and
perhaps about their live tours; thus the
title, 200
Motels. It also
sounds like it was filled with 1960s visual effects
such as solarization, perhaps trying to be
avant-garde or psychedelic. “Psychedelic” art,
happenings, and drugs were part of the 60’s hippie
culture and art scene. I was never into the drug
scene. It's not worth it.
Wow! I found a great Wikipedia article on
Zappa's
200
Motels.
It was
a movie with both the Mothers of Invention and the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Nice. I would like
to see this movie again. Just to see what my
feelings would be now.
How did we live without Wikipedia?
John
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