PINK FLOYD LONDON 1966/1967 PUCKA/SNAPPER

This musical and visual collage of swinging London captures the beautiful people — John Lennon and Yoko Ono (before they met), Mick Jagger — and, thanks to Pink Floyd’s live-in-studio soundtrack, the even more beautiful sounds of the psychedelic era. Director Peter Whitehead approached his college friend Syd Barrett about providing music for his footage of the party set shot at the 14-hour "Technicolor Dream Extravaganza" at Alexandra Palace and at a Floyd concert at the famed UFO club. The result is a splendid dialogue-less documentary, a seamless meeting of art and life. Best of all are the Floyd’s improvised performances of "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Nick’s Boogie," including film of Barrett playing exploratory lead guitar. The movie is less than an hour long, but it’s supplemented by another Koyaanisqatsi-like short from Whitehead and interviews with Jagger (commenting on the Stones’ apolitical songwriting), "it" girl Julie Christie, and devout hipster Michael Caine.