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200 Motels - Zappostrophe' at the VIFF Theatre
Sat, Apr 19
|Vancouver
Come out to hear an hour of Zappa's best, performed by Zappostrophe' - then settle in and enjoy Zappa's cult classic "200 Motels" on the big screen!
Time & Location
Apr 19, 2025, 8:00 p.m. – Apr 20, 2025, 11:00 p.m.
Vancouver, VIFF Centre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7, Canada
About the Event
Time to fly your freak flag and jump into Frank Zappaland. A prodigious and prolific talent, Zappa (1940-1993) composed, recorded and produced more than 60 albums; music that brought to rock the complexity and sophistication of classical composition, drawing on jazz, blues, pop and music concrete, but leavened with a surreal and satiric wit.
Ahead of his time, Zappa also directed music videos and the feature 200 Motels (with Tony Palmer), a free-form rock tour riff with Keith Moon as a hot nun and Ringo Starr playing a dwarf Zappa that was shot on videotape in just 10 days. It’s a cult curio that revels in its own sense of possibility. Before the movie, enjoy a set of Zappa tunes resurrected and reimagined by the electrifying Zappostrophe, an eclectic 8-piece band who channel surf FZ’s discography.