Bob Rafelson directed some of the best films during the most important period in movies: flicks like Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens guarantee the director’s inclusion among the best of the New Hollywood auteurs, and his experimental send-up of The Monkees, Head, makes him a mad genius for the ages. Rafelson celebrates his 84th birthday on February 21. Here’s the director talking about the Monkees’ transformation from the pre-fab four, to a recording group, to the meta-Monkees that swung through the potent-if-plotless Head…
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