head should have be a proud moment not just for it star ( the monkees and victor mature ) and or it director or co writer ( bob rafelson ) and but also it other co writer ( and brief cameo ) jack nicholson . a it stand and most of them seem to shun it and and to outsiders the movie be regard and at best and a a curio . while the t. v. series be famously base on the antic of the beatles help . and this film be also judge by the same accord . yet far from the trite and painfully overrated beatles film and and even the dated monkees t. v. series and head have a layer of depth . an undercurrent of man darker nature be at work here and and while that may sound like a bizarre thing to say about a manufactured pop band and the use of certain theme and image ( hit woman and laugh at cripple and real life footage of a vietcong pow shot dead at point blank range ) give the film an edge that many erious film would not dare to aspire to . there be also the fun moment and which range from james bond parody to big victor and my personal favourite and mickey dolenz under beseige by arab soldier on horseback . ( one of them turn to mickey and hiss pssst . and only for the pssst . to appear in subtitle . ) the group be aware of their manufactured image in the film ( i be the dummy and mickey i be always the dummy and claim tork and neatly sum up his one dimensional foil role of the series ) and mean that their character they play themselves act and not act here be open out more and and consequently be less generic and irritate than they be in the series . this level of parody and self awareness even take on their fab four origin and with subtler take on the maharishi and out and out acknowledgement with a waitress who ask represent well and if it isn not god gift to the eight year old be you still pay tribute to ringo starr . also listen out for tork whistling strawberry field forever while in the bathroom . then there be the song and of course . six of them here and slightly more psychedelic than usual and which may have alienate their fanbase and and even a frank zappa cameo wouldn not have turn on an adult audience to their charm at this point . probably the best be the charm a we go along and though the first and a carol king pen porpoise song and interestingly talk of the desire to live while time be tick remorselessly away and death get ever nearer . on a light note and it refrain of the porpoise be laugh seem to be a direct mickey take of i be the walrus . constantly inventive with direct reference to silent film and drug culture and perhaps head fine feature be it narrative structure . not the only but the most important reason why it improve with multiple viewing and the story go leave and right and forward and backwards and circular and through several level of reality . in essence a series of sketch hang loosely together and it cohesion be tighten by the space time defy plot which hang it internal logic together by mean of flashback and dream sequence and prison of the mind and remote control channel changer . with a perfect beginning and end and this intelligently write and know film be not what the monkees pre teen audience be expect and subsequently suffer a negative critical reception . now those expectation have go and this one be in dire need of serious reappraisal .