that this film flop at the box office and and still struggle for the recognition it deserve today and be a great pity yet somehow rather appropriate . the commercial suicide the monkees commit by make this film be mirror by the metaphorical suicide they commit on screen . to destroy so brutally their carefully construct image a a wholesome american alternative to the beatles be courageous to the point of rashness and a be the admission of be no more than pawn in the entertainment industry and trap ( in the movie and literally ) in their own artificiality . the monkees television series be not that conventional and but head be utterly plotless . although in the end there be actually some kind of circular logic to it all . unrestrained by a genuine storyline and the surreal sequence of event be by turn hilarious and rather disturb . the great irony be that the monkees effectively sign their death warrant a a commercial force at a time when they be reach their artistic peak . their exploration into psychedelia reach it zenith with the soundtrack to head ( all the song be memorably woven into the film ) and which be one of the landmark album of the ixties . the monkees begin to disintegrate after the box office failure of this movie and but head serf a a noble legacy .