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'''Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die''' is a 2000 documentary about [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], directed by [[Frank Scheffer]] and produced by the Dutch broadcasting company VPRO. It specifically focuses on Zappa as a composer. It was first broadcast on the VPRO on 2 July 2000. The documentary is dedicated to both Zappa as well as [[Roelof Kiers]]. <ref>http://www.donlope.net/fz/videography/VPRO_2000.html</ref>

The documentary is the first part in a trilogy.

==Interviewees==
* [[Gail Zappa]]
* [[The Fowler Brothers|Tom Fowler]]
* [[Ian Underwood]]
* [[George Duke]]
* [[Dweezil Zappa]]
* [[Joe Travers]]
* [[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce Fowler]]
* [[Pierre Boulez]]
* [[Todd Yvega]]
* [[Ali N. Askin]]

Frank Zappa and [[Edgard Varèse]] are also interviewed through archive footage. The documentary shows additional archive footage from Zappa's concerts, as well as then current footage of [[The Vault]]. <ref>http://www.donlope.net/fz/videography/VPRO_2000.html</ref>

==See also==
* ''[[Frank Zappa Phase II: The Big Note]]''
* ''[[Frank Zappa: Pioneer Of Future Music, parts 1 & 2]]''

==Sources==
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