Tony Palmer Made the Original Behind the Music

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 5 a.m.

(Recorded in June 2021) Filmmaker Tony Palmer\u2019s more than 100 documentaries have featured everyone from Cream to Stravinsky; Jimi Hendrix to Yehudi Menuhin; Leonard Cohen to Richard Wagner. He collaborated with Frank Zappa on the surreal cult-classic 200 Motels and with his friend, John Lennon on All You Need is Love, a multipart series on the early days of rock n roll. He\u2019s made three films about British composer Benjamin Britten. Tony Palmer\u2019s work has been recognized with over forty international awards; not bad, for someone who fell into filmmaking.\xa0

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