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Progressive, experimental and visually ambitious, Head is a psychedelic trip of a film and surely the last thing Monkees fans were expecting after two years of the cheerful but white-bread TV show. Without a narrative structure, Head's surreal fantasia may have dated, but as a reflection of the Californian zeitgeist of 1968, it stands as a key film of the Easy Rider generation.
The Monkees, Timothy Carey, Victor Mature. Progressive, experimental and visually ambitious, Head is a psychadelic trip with socio-political ambitions – surely the las... more >
The Monkees, Timothy Carey, Victor Mature. Progressive, experimental and visually ambitious, Head is a psychadelic trip with socio-political ambitions – surely the last thing the band’s fans were expecting after two years of the cheerful but white-bread TV show. Without a narrative structure, the kaleidoscopic flashiness of this surreal fantasia may seem dated, but as a scattershot reflection of the Californian zeitgeist circa 1968, and as a skewed comment on war, peace, love and commercial exploitation, Head takes its place in film history as an important cog in the Easy Rider wheel. Among the many guest stars are Frank Zappa and a young Jack Nicholson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rafelson and went on to make Five Easy Pieces with him two years later. < less
