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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

19681h 15m6.8 / 10

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?

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Synopsis

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?

More about Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Cast

Patricia Ree GilbertSelf - Actress Testing for Alice
Don FellowsSelf - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan GordonSelf - Soundman
William GreavesSelf - Director
Susan AnspachSelf - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Audrey HeninghamBlack Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan LarnerSelf - Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-FilgateSelf - Cameraman (uncredited)

Credits

Directed by
William Greaves
Written by
William Greaves

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Collection
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Collection

Production

  • Take One Productions

Themes

arguing coupleavant-gardebig citycameramancast and crewcinéma véritéexperimentalfilm crew