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Captain Beefheart: Documentary – 1/4
“THE ARTIST FORMERLY KNOWN AS CAPTAIN BEEFHEART” IS A POETIC CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF DON VAN VLIET’S STRUGGLE WITH ART AND LOWER CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ONE HOUR DOCUMENTARY HAS THE WELL-KNOWN FAMOUS BBC QUALITY AND ENTHUSIASM. NOT IN THE LEAST BECAUSE THEY FOUND THEIR VIP JOHN PEEL DARING TO PRESENT THIS PROGRAM, AND DON’S PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHER ANTON CORBIJN WAS WILLING TO CO-OPERATE WITH THEM. THE RESULT IS PURE OVERWHELMING MAGIC AS THEY ALSO DUG UP A TREMENDOUS LOAD OF CRAZY FILM MATERIAL. OF COURSE THE DOCUMENTARY INCLUDES RECENT INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER MEMBERS OF “THE MAGIC BAND” AND A COLLECTION OF OTHER MORE OR LESS INTERESTING PEOPLE: * not at all: one or other executive from the record moloch ‘virgin’ (soft sponsoring?). * a bit: a few painting experts. * QUITE: BRUCE FOWLER and ERIC DREW FELDMAN. * NATURALLY: MATT GROENING – cartoonist of ‘the simpsons’ – AS THE ADDICTED FAN. * VERY: THE INEVITABLE FRANK ZAPPA; AND JIMMY CARL BLACK (the indian of the magic band) IN THE NICE ROLE OF JUDGE ON THE BEEFHEART-ZAPPA QUESTION ["frank is good, but don is the real thing"]. * EXTREMELY: RY COODER, DOUG MOON. * EXTRA-ORDINARY: JOHN FRENCH. SOME OF THE TRUE STORIES THEY REMEMBER, ARE UNHEARD MEMORIES OF: * DON’S TEENAGE YEARS IN LANCASTER. did you know that frank zappa, when his high-school was out, spent most of his time at the parental house of don [who already had wisely dropped out] to drink pepsi and listen to rhythm and blues records till deep at night? * THE BEGINNING …
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