Head (1968)
America’s most successful pop-group The Monkees fractured
their cheeky TV-image (and anticipated much of MTV’s
self-deprecatory style) with this insane collage of surreal
sketches and visual jokes to make arguably the quintessential 60s
movie.
Co-written by director Bob Rafelson and Jack Nicholson, It's
all dippy philosophising ("nobody lends money to a man with a
sense of humour") and wacky sketches with a mind-blowing
gallery of Sixties icons - including Annette Funicello, Timothy
Carey, Sonny Liston and Frank Zappa.
The movie also produced The Monkees best album, proving they
really could write their own tunes.
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