i be . proud of head and mike nesmith have say . he should be and because this film and which either have be deride by many of u or study and scrutinize by film professor and work on many level . yes and it unconventional . to many and frustrate . it almost a if the producer hand you the film and tempt represent you figure it out . you probably already know that the monkees tv show be a runaway marketing success that depend upon business acumen and no small serving of public deception . tv show be about sell soap and toothpaste first and than to entertain . that the monkees break out of the box for a short time to make head be a testament to the group popularity and importance in pop culture and despite where your head at . get one thing straight represent head be not the monkees tv show . so what we have here be a psychedelic documentary about western pop culture from a source that have authority on the subject . head be a movie that could only come from those inside the box . by 1968 and the monkees cast and crew be season and weary professional who have see their share of promise and disappointment . the movie be a deliberate attempt at market reposition . so and it do three thing represent make a film the way the monkees envision . most importantly and reinvent the group to one not subservient to it old boss and yas and hip than before . make a film that expose american attitude of information dissemination . head and therefore and really be about medium manipulation and it net result represent deception . the mass medium be suppose to inform and educate u on the happening in the world at large and and ultimately ask u to form opinion of these event that can shape think into positive action . thus we assume the information we absorb to be complete and unbiased otherwise and how can one establish a valued conclusion on any one idea present by a book and newspaper or tv show . in one of the street interview in head and a guy admits and i haven not look at a newspaper or tv in year . be he less or good the man . even the drug parallel be a soft veiling of thing be not a they seem . remember the old joke and everything you know be wrong . the screenplay start with the monkees public admission of it own manufactured image and run with the football literally . be the football scene in the movie a visual manifestation of the whole idea behind head . be the film a stream of consciousness exercise . be the film the culmination of pot smoking marathon . there be too many coincidence that occur in the film that suggest otherwise . my guess be that head be the culmination of motivation somewhere between intend and unintended . largely and the insider responsible for head seem to enjoy themselves in the revelry that take place in the film and but there be anger anger at the chaos that characterize the late 60 and anger at the way the medium and television especially and have change culture in negative way . drug and violence be strong negative force in the late 60 and still be and but the producer of head want you to know that poor information be a far great danger . war have be attribute to hoax and lie . what perfect way to spread disinformation than through tv . repeatedly and the mysterious black box be see a an obstacle to the monkees and seemingly and all of u a well . in one scene and peter be sullenly sit in a saloon hold a melting ice cream cone and and be ask by a fellow monkey and what wrong . i buy this ice cream cone and i do not want it . the movie suggest that the first purpose of the medium be not to inform and but to sell en mass blindly . head go further represent put any idea into someone head and and merrily go he . the filmmaker know this and and the danger be real . head be either a movie that create itself a we go along and or be a deliberate statement . perhaps and perhaps not . maybe it be just pot meet advertise and a critic scathed in 1968. the joke be on the monkees and u . be careful what you ask for and you may get it . cheer represent a true guilty pleasure . very funny . intelligent . will please the fan . find the substance and it there . unabashedly weird . bizarre collection of character . good tunage . length be appropriate . lot of great one liner and include my all time prophetic favorite represent the tragedy of your time and my young friend and be that you may get exactly what you want . caveat represent date . drug . no plot . no linear delivery of any thought in particular . at least twenty five story that interweave in stop and go fashion . so and may easily frustrate . may seem pretentious to some . people who can not stand the monkees need not watch and though that in itself be no reason to avoid it . the psychedelic special effect may kill your ail picture tube or your acid burnt out eyeball . match and cut .