About Hair Milos Forman says: ““Hair” was such a brilliant theatrical performance, that there were only two ways to make a faithful film upon it: to shoot the theatrical performance itself or, what I did, to make an entirely new and free version.” The shooting of the film took place mainly in New York and went on for nearly a year. To find extras Milos Forman published ads in the university papers. Again through ads the director found followers of Krishna, real Buddhists. After the first scene they refused to continue because their religion forbade them to say the word “marijuana”. They insisted the text to be changed but their request was refused and the crew had to find fake Buddhist willing to have their heads shaved. Adapting together with the screenwriter Michael Weller the lyrics and the libretto of Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Milos Forman gave himself to a passionate restructuring of the basic material, throwing a retrospective look at the hippie movement, recreating its spirit, fire and philosophy, while at the same time revealing its humour and contradictions.