Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

1968 · 75 min · ★ 6.8 · Documentary

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?

Directed by William Greaves · Written by William Greaves

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Patricia Ree Gilbert Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon Self - Soundman
William Greaves Self - Director
Susan Anspach Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Audrey Heningham Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
Maria Zeheri Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Rosen Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)
Louise Archambault Greaves Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

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