John Lennon June 1971

Title: Allen Klien`s Garden Party
Type: Avante-Garde Film
Filming Location: Allen Klien`s House, Riverdale, New York City, New York
Filming Date: June 12th 1971
Broadcast Date: June 1971
Country Of Broadcast: USA
Duration: 10:00 Minutes
Quality: B-
Source: "Jonas Mekas Three Friends" (Unknown Label)
Other Sources: "John Lennon Remastered Archives 1971 Vol 2" (FAB Productions)
Notes: Within a few days of arriving in New York, John and Yoko soon fell in with the avant-garde art scene and today they and
their friends were among the many guests (over 250) at a party celebrating the birthday of Allen Klein`s wife, Betty.
Footage of the party was filmed by Jonas Mekas and Shirley Clarke while Andy Warhol snapped countless polaroids. Jonas and
Shirley both released their "films" many years later.Jonas eventually edited his footage of the party (in his usual style) under
the title of "June 12, 1971 at Klein`s".It was commercially released in full as part of Jonas` "Happy Birthday To John"
film in 1995 (which also contained most of Jonas` footage of John from 1970 - 1972 plus footage from memorials held in Central
Park on December 8, 1980).Brief outtakes had also been shown in the June 1990 documentary "Scenes From The Life of Andy
Warhol - Friendships and Intersections" (which was then made commercially available on the November 2008 Re-Voir DVD "Visions of Andy Warhol").
For Jonas it was a long film clocking in at almost 10 minutes in length! It contains some fascinating
scenes such as John playing basketball with Miles Davis and John talking to Andy Warhol.Clips from the film have appeared in
many Lennon docos and promo videos over the years, initially turning up in the 1972 TV special "Imagine".It is also available on the website "Daily Motion".