<p id=”par-1_48″>Nobody can analyze a <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/movies/”>movie</a> like Quentin Tarantino. For example, one of his favorite movies was <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/neil-young-played-guitar-1-the-monkees-songs-head.html/”>made by The Monkees</a>. He seemed to say the film in question was just as good as a far more popular film by The Beatles that came out around the same time.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-quentin-tarantino-loves-the-monkees-movie-and-so-does-another-superstar-director”>Quentin Tarantino loves The Monkees’ movie and so does another superstar director</h2>
<p id=”par-2_56″>During a 2022 interview with <a href=”https://variety.com/2022/film/news/micky-dolenz-bob-rafelson-monkees-appreciation-head-1235324982/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Variety</a>, The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz discussed the band’s only theatrical film, the surrealist experiment <em>Head</em>. While The Monkees’ sitcom was fun for all ages, <em>Head </em>is challenging, bizarre, and, at times, intentionally revolting. It directly mocks <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-monkees-songwriter-crushed-fans-group-played-1-no-1-songs.html/”>The Monkees’ fans</a> at points. “Such a crazy movie,” Dolenz said. “Definitely weird at times. </p>
<p id=”par-3_68″>“And it’s become a hell of a cult thing,” he added. “Quentin Tarantino told me it was in his top five favorite films. Edgar Wright, too. [Monkees creators] Bob [Rafelson] and Bert [Schneider] — along with Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Bogdanovich — turned the movie industry on its head. Before them, you couldn’t get a movie made unless it was through a major studio.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-quentin-tarantino-said-head-and-yellow-submarine-are-great-1960s-movies”>Quentin Tarantino said ‘Head’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’ are great 1960s movies</h2>
<p id=”par-4_53″>Tarantino made <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</em>, a movie about the American film industry during the late 1960s. During a 2021 interview with <a href=”https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-book-interview” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>W</a>, Tarantino was asked to name his favorite movies from that era. “<em>Head</em>, starring The Monkees — the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/jack-nicholson-co-wrote-a-movie-starring-the-monkees-inspired-by-drug-trips.html/”>script is co-written by Jack Nicholson!”</a> he said. “And <em>Yellow Submarine</em>. </p>
<p id=”par-5_62″>“I’m not a big Beatles fan; you’re either <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-monkees-micky-dolenz-revealed-elvis-presley-changed-life-musician.html/”>an Elvis man</a> or a Beatles man, and I’m an Elvis man,” he added, alluding to a line <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/this-film-beat-quentin-tarantinos-pulp-fiction-for-the-best-picture-oscar.html/”>from <em>Pulp Fiction</em></a>. “But sometime in 1999, my then-girlfriend and I watched <em>Yellow Submarine</em>, and we loved it. After seeing <em>Yellow Submarine</em>, there finally was one thing about The Beatles that I had tremendous affection for.”</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-monkees-and-the-beatles-took-different-approaches-to-their-signature-movies”>The Monkees and The Beatles took different approaches to their signature movies</h2>
<p id=”par-6_52″>The Monkees are sometimes dismissed as a lesser imitation of The Beatles. With that in mind, it’s interesting that Tarantino put the two bands on the same level, at least cinematically. However, his feelings make sense. After all, <em>Head </em>and <em>Yellow Submarine</em> both have a pop surrealist aesthetic and some fantastic music.</p>
<p id=”par-7_38″>The main difference between <em>Head </em>and <em>Yellow Submarine</em> is not style but substance. <em>Head </em>was not made for kids. It comments on the media, celebrities, and the Vietnam War. Meanwhile, <em>Yellow Submarine </em>is too cute for words. </p>
<p id=”par-8_57″>While <em>Yellow Submarine </em>has trippy visuals, it ultimately has a coherent storyline. Meanwhile, <em>Head </em>is like the films of Salvador Dalí — it’s a series of vaguely interconnected vignettes that rely on dream logic and emotion rather than a typical structure. There’s a reason why generations of children have grown up with <em>Yellow Submarine</em> but not <em>Head</em>.</p>
<p id=”par-9_59″>Tarantino’s connection to <em>Head </em>extends beyond his fondness for it. Toni Basil, the singer who <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-monkees-fans-incorrectly-felt-toni-basils-mickey-micky-dolenz.html/”>performed the hit song “Mickey,”</a> danced with Davy Jones during a memorable sequence in <em>Head</em>. Decades later, Basil served as the choreographer for <em>Once Upon a Time in Hollywood</em>. That’s the sort of unexpected movie reference that fans have come to expect from Tarantino.</p>
<p id=”par-10_13″><em>Head </em>isn’t a movie for everybody, but it’s one of Tarantino’s all-time favorites.</p>