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...rider becomes the penitent, shaves his head and commits himself to the task of digging a tunnel out of the cave. Because he is bigger and stronger than all the prisoners, he can climb out of the cave. With the dwarf women who took care of him on his back, he goes into the town to collect money by begging for supplies to dig the tunnel. The town is an exaggerated stereotype of a Hollywood Western town; boorish, fat old women in 1890's dresses, who ooh and aah as they watch two men kill each other; black slaves branded...
...leading the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of his composition 200 Motels, which is made up of equal parts of Spike Jones, John Cage and Buddy Holly. There are episodes involving lust-crazed groupies, a sleazy impresario named Ranee Muhammitz (Theodore Bikel) and a character called Larry the Dwarf, who is played by Ringo Starr made up to look exactly like Frank Zappa. There is even an animated cartoon ostensibly about the "dental-hygiene dilemma," which is set inside the mouth of none other than Donald Duck. Zappa and Co-Director Tony Palmer, shooting with video tape, overindulge...
...Nice Place to Raise Your Kids Up.") The rock stars are, of course, the Mothers of Invention, all of whom portray themselves, except for Zappa, who rarely appears in the film, but is sometimes represented by a Frank Zappa dummy and sometimes by Ringo Starr, who plays Larry the Dwarf disguised as Frank Zappa. In this unchallenging role. Ringo once again displays his utter (though in this case appropriate) lack of range and feeling as an actor...
...getting paid. They all hate working for Zappa and think he is ripping them off. They are sure that he has their rooms bugged, so he can steal all their ideas, pervert them, copyright them, and claim them as his own. (At one point we actually see Larry the Dwarf, disguised as Zappa, transcribing a tape of the band into a music notebook and then perverting it by pouring coffee all over the page and hitting it with a blunt object.) The band is afraid that Zappa is watching everything they are doing and that he will make them repeat...
...FIRST YEARS: 1. The Altar Boy-1896; 2. Le Moulin de la Galette-1900; 3. Dwarf Dancer-1901; 4. The Jugglers-1901; 5. La Vie-1903; 6. Woman Ironing-1904; 7. At the Lapin Agile-1905; 8. The Family of Saltimbanques-1905; 9. Boy with a Pipe-1905; 10. Boy Leading a Horse-1905-06; 11. La Fillette à la Boule-1905; 12. Standing Female Nude- 1906; 13. Self-Portrait-1906; 14. Portrait of Gertrude Stein -1906; 15. Study for Demoiselles d'Avignon...