Hair

I completely and intentionally avoided having any hair for two decades. Not because it's a musical or maybe because of "display of long-haired guys" but because I once suffered watching a classic version. Which is basically a 90s, TV Nova pell-mell variety show where every single excellent but poorly arranged song was followed by at least two terrible ones (and of course poorly arranged too), moreover, the song was so obviously intrusively agitating that perhaps even the hippies would get annoyed. I never wanted to see it again, not even from Forman, though it kept bothering me "what the hell made him do this". After all, if I finally dared to watched. I would say that no other film proves Forman's greatness like this one. To be able make such a nonsense to have at least some meaning and as a result unexpectedly impressive story (you can read the original course of the plot on wikipedia), to focus only on (with one exception) performances, moreover not significantly stylized in terms of music, to change the order of songs, their singers and, in fact, almost everything, it is simply a proof that he could perhaps even transform Olmer's post-revolutionary works "into timeless classics". (01/08/2017)

From an ancient school screening, I remembered Hair dimly as a good musical with good songs and a number of scenes that made us feel different things as teenagers. But today I finally saw Hair again, in the movie theatre, and I had to update my opinion. It is a great musical with genius songs and scenes directed in such a world-class way that one must once again admire the talent of Milos Forman. Whether it's the carefree odes sung and danced around parks, a hallucinogenic wedding scene or the finale with a troop-eating plane, it’s all amazing. It also of course concerns the acting and singing performances, and the lightness with which humor alternates with chills is also admirable. The world is about friendship, love, and freedom, says this film. Or at least that should be the point. And that applies all the time. Or at least it should. (08/28/2018)

Hair is definitely one of the best movie musicals to ever see the light of day. I am still fascinated by the brilliant music and the story with its strong anti-war appeal, which even after many years since it was made can still appeal to the perceptive viewer. I'm really proud that Miloš Forman took on this classic and breathed life into it in the purest sense of the word. Like only he could... (11/26/2020)

Hair I wanted to see just because Miloš Forman directed it. However, it is necessary to be prepared for the fact that it is a musical and if you enjoy the music of the hippie generation of the seventies and eighties, you will probably enjoy it. I struggled with the music in a pretty crazy way, but the individual characters made up for it perfectly. Mr. Forman did not forget to depict the feelings of the individual characters even in this case, so despite the music not being interesting to me, there was something to watch. The highlight is the ending, which was worth waiting for an hour and a half. (03/05/2012)

I'm finally getting a bit more into Miloš Forman's work and I have to say I'm getting very excited. I was really looking forward to this musical. And it didn't disappoint, not one bit. It has great hippie songs, a fantastic anti-war atmosphere, and an absolutely brilliant ending where you don't know whether to laugh or just shake your head. This was great. (12/01/2015)