Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Oct 28, 1968

1h 15m

★ 7.0

Overview

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?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Take One Productions

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One Trailers

Cast

Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Don Fellows

Self - Soundman

Jonathan Gordon

Self - Director

William Greaves

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Susan Anspach

Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Audrey Heningham

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Stevan Larner

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Maria Zeheri

Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)

Robert L. Rosen

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