A Lesson from Head: video essay

[@jasonblalock4429]

It's interesting you took away such a positive message. I find this to be a very tragic film, in its own way. To me, it's about The Monkees discovering that it's impossible to stop being The Monkees. They live in a world of pure unreality. It's not merely that life is an illusion, but *they* are illusion and therefore inseparable from it. Enlightenment/escape is impossible for the unreal. Which is not to shut down your interpretation, of course. One of the fun things about Head is that I doubt any two people ever see it the same way. From what I understand, even the Monkees themselves disagreed over its actual meaning (if any).

[@BenWoodiwiss]

I love this reading of it - can totally see this being the case 🔥

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

The show was groundbreaking for it's time Seeing long haired weirdos on tv, with a lot of in depth humor Head is a deep film and if it was made by another band probably would have been accepted more, but it was not for their core fans, and the people that would have appreciated it didn't go see it because of who the band were. They couldn't escape their image, though they tried.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

It's really unfortunate how everything went down - 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee was also a tantalising view of what we could have had more of

[@EnchantedEssays]

I adore this film! I must revisit it! Great video. Instantly subbed!

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Thanks so much! 🙌 Everyone should revisit this film every now and then 🔥

[@Idontexist10]

you pick such interesting films for your video essays, i really loved the “Lonesome Cowboys” video, thank you, keep going

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Oh wow, thank you so much, and really pleased you like them 🙌🔥

[@espressosoup]

Man I hope this channel gets bigger! I'd share it, but I don't have any friends 😅

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Oh dude, thank you so much - and I appreciate the sentiment 🙌

[@obsoletebutneat]

"Do you mean to tell me you don't see the connection between government and laughing at people?"

[@BenWoodiwiss]

🤣 I was 50/50 on whether to go with that line or the line I ended up going with

[@patrickmcmanus5373]

Great movie.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Amen 🙌

[@AndrewLoukidis-jr2bp]

Oh, and Circle Sky is a cool jam.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Amen 🙌🔥

[@maximusprime3459]

One of the greatest cult films no one is aware of.😂

[@BenWoodiwiss]

Right? Amen 🙌🔥

[@aubreywoodiwiss1152]

Would have been wild if Charles Manson got in

[@BenWoodiwiss]

😆

[@branagain]

I liked the Monkees musical group and TV show, but the movie was a big disappointment.

[@BenWoodiwiss]

But that makes sense when you think how they were trying to do something *so* different