Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968•1h 15m•6.9•Released
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?
Director
William Greaves
Writer
William Greaves
Languages
English
Studio
Take One Productions
Cast
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)
Production
Company
Take One Productions
Producer
William Greaves
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