Head & the plumber

[Erik T. Burns]

"Head could never be mistaken for Ghostbusters. It's a
fourth-wall-shattering, stream-of-consciousness black comedy that
mocks war, America, Hollywood, television, the music business and the
Monkees themselves. These days, it is fondly remembered as one of the
weirdest and best rock movies ever made, and a harbinger of the
so-called New Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright are both
fans. DJ Shadow and Saint Etienne have sampled its dialogue. According
to director Bob Rafelson, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones both
requested private screenings, while Thomas Pynchon attended a
screening disguised as a plumber. But to the fans who had made the
Monkees household names, it might as well never have existed. "The
movie dropped like a ball of dark star," says bassist Peter Tork. "The
simile of a rock in the water is too mild for how badly that movie
did.""

from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/28/monkees-head-jack-nicholson-interview