200 Motels [VHS]

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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301963923
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630196392X
Label: MGM/UA Home Video
Manufacturer: MGM/UA Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM/UA Home Video
Release Date: March 17, 1993
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: MGM/UA Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 1971


 

Average Rating:

Rating: - A Classic, Worth Multiple Viewings/Listenings
Touring CAN make you crazy, ladies and gentlemen, that's what "200 Motels" is all about (I know this from personal experience, which is one of the many reasons I really dig this movie).

Saw this when it was first released and thereafter MANY times since, including a midnight showing in Chicago in 1974, and the VHS which I have seen multiple times since purchasing when IT was first released (not to mention the dozens and dozens of LP/CD playings) ...

Fun, funny, witty, cynical, ... Read More

Rating: - Great birthday gift!
Bought this gift as a birthday gift for my boyfriend, HUGE Zappa fan. He loved it, has seen it before. Product was bought used, in great shape, exceeded my expectations on what I was buying. Seller was very communicative and helpful.

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Rating: - Mp delivery
I never received the product and never received an answer to my query. I'd suggest looking elsewhere for shopping.

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Rating: - Cult Classic that preaches to the choir
If you know nothing about this movie, there are a few facts you should be aware of before watching that help mitigate the usual hatred this movie elicits:

1) It had a budget of $700,000. Of that, $400,000 went directly to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, so effectively this movie had a budget of $300,000.

2) It had a shooting schedule of five 8-hour days.

Given these two tourniquet-like limitations, it is amazing that Zappa got ANYTHING done, let alone this final ... Read More

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Rating: - zappa for the ages
...when released in the psychedelic '60's, was mentioned as the first piece of "electro-cinematography", filmed in video with electronic effects, and then transfered to celluloid.
A strange and eclectic cast playing strange and eclectic people, the images are varied and held together loosely by a minimal theme. A definite Zappa commentary on life, Amerika, rock & roll, good/evil, man, the devil and the human condition. If you don't like Zappa, you definitely will not like it.
It is as unique ... Read More