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Thousands of feet of film were shot, and never used, for a nightclub project called Cyclia, which Jim Henson worked on from 1967 to 1970. The project never came to fruition, leaving only a few reels of film and some sketches which can be seen in the book Jim Henson: The Works.
Cyclia was envisioned as a multimedia experience, a large room covered in faceted shapes. About a dozen 16mm projectors would screen the images, accompanied by live music. The project's sales brochure called it "a sensational glimpse into the inner contents of our times – a vital, living, expanding experience that consumes its audience. It is total involvement, total communication." The images include animation, outdoor scenes and crowd footage that Henson and his associates shot at the Beatles concert at Shea Stadium in 1965.[1]