Frank Zappa presents: The Amazing Mr. Bickford

1987
7.4| 0h52m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1987 Released
Producted By: MPI
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Several pieces of Frank Zappa's music are set against clay animation by Bruce Bickford.

Genre

Animation, Music

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Director

Bruce Bickford, Frank Zappa

Production Companies

MPI

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Frank Zappa presents: The Amazing Mr. Bickford Audience Reviews

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Seamus2829 If you're somebody who considers animation an art form, this short (about 60 minutes)video is for you (happy hunting finding it, 'tho---it's been out of print for years). The video centers on Bruce Bickford, who originally was tapped to produce some animated sequences for Frank Zappa's TV project, 'A Token Of His Extreme' (1975),and later produced the clay animated footage in Zappa's videos, 'The Dub Room Special' (1981),and 'Baby Snakes' (1978). This video includes footage from all of the above,plus some early animated shorts. What makes this video even more desirable is some orchestral Zappa music that was added special for this video project. Do yourself a favour, and avoid any & all psychedelic drugs before undertaking this video (you'll thank yourself afterward). No MPAA rating here, but contains some pretty intense and downright disturbing claymation sequences (including some graphic violence & sexual themes that border on the pornographic)
D A This clay animation is violent, sexually explicit and disturbing. No wonder Frank Zappa found it interesting. Some of this animation has been seen before in Zappa's "Baby Snakes" and "Dub Room Special". The rest is previously unreleased. Zappa's music provides an eerie accompaniment to Bickford's images. This tape is currently out of print, let's hope that Gail re-releases it on DVD when the videos start coming out again. At just shy of an hour, any more would be overwhelming.