What are the best "head" films?
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September 25th, 2008
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Yellow Submarine or any thing made by Tim Burton seem to qualify. Fantasia is another good one. What are your favorite head films?
Petethepothead, you must have a few favorites.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Damn! I thought you were talking about PORN…
@jackAdams me too. Now I’m all disappointed.
What do you mean by “head” (I’m asking AstroChuck, not JackAdams)?
Oh DEEPTHROAT is by far the best head movie.
Tommy: A Rock Opera, Crazy rock opera made by and staring The Who. Also has Elton John, Tina Turner and Eric Clapton
Are they called “head” films because of the Monkee’s film. I’ve seen that movie—pretty trippy.
But really, what is a “head” movie?
Easy Rider
The Last Waltz
The Big Lebowski
Koyanisqaatsi
Wall•E
… not that I’d know.
In some places, the folks were called “stoners” and in others “potheads”. The word “pothead” was sometimes shortened to “head” -as in “head movie”. Movies that potheads or stoners would like while they’re “altered”.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Being John Malkovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This is Spinal Tap
@zaku- A head film (the term predates the Monkees’ film, Head) is a great movie to watch while in a state of “stone-ness”.
Whoa, cyndyh beat me to it and had a better explanation too.
Ahh!
The Doors.
Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge (both by Baz Luhrman).
Anything by David Lynch.
Well in that case, I have it on good authority that the Ten Commandments is a good one.
Edited to add: Also, Masters of the Universe.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Caddyshack
Groundhog Day
The Jungle Book
The Wizard of Oz
(Or watching the Wizard of Oz with the sound turned down and the Jungle Book music playing at the same time. There’s nothing like Glenda the Good singing “I wanna be like you hoo hoo” to throw you into a painful fit of the giggles.)
Earth Girls Are Easy
Anything with Parker Posey in it.
Any Leslie Nielson flick.
Spoofs of any kind—except maybe not some horror spoofs.
…and thank you AstroChuck. :^>
American Beauty
Kill Bills
I hate Across the Universe but that is popular.
Another to add-
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour.
It was made for TV film but if you’ve ever seen it you have to agree that it’s one strange flick.
Still, no one’s mentioning Dr Snuggles. It’s the ultimate tripper. Ok, it’s not a movie, but.
Thanks for the explanation of “head film”. Not something I’ve done, but I’d still suggest Holy Weapon as a likely choice.
PIneapple Express
Monty Python
Eraserhead
Blair Witch Project
some mentioned above are not my idea really ‘head’ films, in my opinion. Plus, inever liked spoofs or stoner type movies.
That is the classic head movie…I still don’t understand it.
I second tinyfaery on “Head” the Monkees movie. I saw it on acid it was so rad.
What!? No one mentioned Akira, Memento or THE WALL!?!
I had initially thought about The Wall when I started writing the question but couldn’t remember it by the time I’d finished. Thank you. It had been driving me nuts trying to remember.
Hell yeah Memento!
The Shining…?
Donnie Darko…
I dunno I’m just guessing here…
Oh, wait! John Carpenter’s The Thing would KILL me if I was high. Remember that flick?
Both Dark City and Sin City would seem to apply.
Ohhh i forgot one of my favorite anime movies, Paprika. Awesome movie, i highly recommend it even if your not normally into anime.
Edit: Forgot to add another great anime movie thats a mind bender, Cat Soup its only a half hour long(no words either), but its great non the less. You can even watch the whole thing on youtube
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
EDIT EDIT: Sorry one more lol. Mind Game another excellent anime, check out this clip
Tending toward the seriously deranged:
Eraserhead, Freaks, Persona, Jacobs Ladder, 2001, Blue Velvet, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, After Hours, The Razor’s Edge, Romeo is Bleeding, Lost Highway, Orlando, My Own Private Idaho, Betty Blue, House of Games, Being There, Pi
Oh, I forgot:
The Game, Idiocracy and Mulholland Drive
Lets not forget the Cheech and Chong movies. In 1979, I went in to labor after watching one. I think because I laughed so hard. No, I was not in an altered state!
Ladyhawk. Oh and I totally second Idiocracy, I’d say it’s the type of movie that gets better the more you think about it.
Tree of Life
Across the Universe
Enter the Void (haha may make you paranoid)
I heart huckabees
the science of sleep
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