Evaristo kindly points out this 1993 Capt. Beefheart documentary by Anton Corbijn, available online.
His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982 and his consequent move from the desert to the ocean meant even less direct contact with the outside world than before. Subsequently there is very little information about Don from this time onwards and this short black-and-white film made in 1993 is an unique opportunity to see and hear this unique man.
I remember seeing this when it was first aired on VPRO. Well worth a moment of your time.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:24 pm »
“His quite abrupt artistic transformation from working with a microphone to a paintbrush in 1982…”
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Don was an artist first, and a singer-musician-composer second, no?
WTF is the abrupt transformation?
April 26th, 2007 at 5:26 am »
I guess it’s *abrupt* because rock stars dont become artistes. It’s a wonderful film. Wonder why no one has done a straight feature doc. on him though.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:52 am »
There is a very good BBC documentary on him called “The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart” which can be viewed at and downloaded from Google Video.
It is in three parts, and its worth downloading the Google viewer to watch it.
Here’s Part I, with links to pts. II & III:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3334015312098234689&q=formerly+beefheart&hl=en
April 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pm »
Soon to the end of the movie, CB speak about Zappa. I’m not sure what he was saying.. something about that he want to forget Zappa soon???
Somebody to explain?
If it is true, it will be very dissaapointing to me…
April 27th, 2007 at 5:14 pm »
Baby Snake: I think CB said that Frank Zappa was ‘the only Frank Zappa I knew’. True enough!
Thanks for the link, Barry. Good stuff.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:56 pm »
Hi Birdman,
thank your for this link. I watched it and loved every moment.
Thank you again. Best regards Frank B.