Product Details

• Actors: Massimo Bassoli, Rodney Bingenheimer, Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins (IV), Roy Estrada
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mpi Media Group
• VHS Release Date: January 31, 1989
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301216199
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #140,849 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE best movie, ever!!, November 14, 2002

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Apple-O "[e-mail]" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uncle Meat [VHS] (VHS Tape)

WHY ISN'T THIS OUT ON DVD????? Uncle Meat is a work of genius that has stood the test of time - a brilliant dissection of the commercial music industry and art in general. The film offers great comedy, surreal footage and awesome avant garde musical performances. Frank Zappa is a genius! The best part is you can watch this again and again and never get bored, every time you discover something new. This has to be my favorite movie of all time. Highly recommended. Apple-O

16 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars For hardcore Zappa fans ONLY, November 28, 2001

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Dan Watkins (Trussville, AL 35173) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uncle Meat [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Man, I'm a pretty big Zappa fan, but this isn't the easiest movie to sit through. If you've seen 200 Motels, you have a basic idea of what to expect from Zappa the film-maker. However, while 200 Motels was bizarre, Uncle Meat is just plain inane. The movie follows no direction at all. Scenes of people talking about unrelated things are just stitched together to make the movie. The one thing that makes the movie worth seeing is the performance of the concert that appears on the "Ahead Of Their Time" CD. Even that isn't really enough to encourage anyone to pay anything over [dollar amount] for the movie. [...]

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm using the Chicken to Measure It!, May 18, 2007

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Anthony Bell "Lord Humongous" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncle Meat [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of those movies where you get it or you don't. Fans of screwed up absurdist humor will likely love it as Zappa is mainly depicting how warped his friends, bandmates, and himself are through a succession of rapid fire edits and mini skits. If that's not your cup of tea, then you might wanna sit this one out as it's likely to cause annoyance. There is some seriously funny material here and was hurting afterward from my laughter the first time I saw it. Superior to 200 Motels IMHO. A good one for repeated viewing as it is pretty densely packed with a glorious insanity that is rare in the world of film.