• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    2 months ago

    Have you ever seen Head? It was a movie The Monkees made in the late 60s that was co-written by Jack Nicholson and directed by Bob Rafelson, who also directed Five Easy Pieces. It’s utterly insane and anarchic. Their songs were their own in that film. A lot of people hate it because there’s no plot and nothing makes sense. But that’s why I love it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4nT-5DyjX0

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      2 months ago

      I have seen it! From what I can tell, the chaotic nature was a direct play on the Beetles films. I watch Head every few years or so.

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        Definitely. Help! came out three years earlier and had already upped the surreality factor from A Hard Day’s Night. And then everyone started doing LSD…