An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops

★ 5.8 · 2008 · 116m · Music · Documentary

A "thing" created by Frank Zappa from two concerts filmed live at the Palladium, New York City, on Halloween 1981. With Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes & Chad Wackerman.

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