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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

R

1968

75 minutes

Documentary

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?

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Patricia Ree Gilbert  headshot

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Don Fellows headshot

Don Fellows

Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Jonathan Gordon headshot

Jonathan Gordon

Self - Soundman

William Greaves headshot

William Greaves

Self - Director

Susan Anspach headshot

Susan Anspach

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Audrey Heningham headshot

Audrey Heningham

Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Stevan Larner headshot

Stevan Larner

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate headshot

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Maria Zeheri headshot

Maria Zeheri

Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Robert L. Rosen headshot

Robert L. Rosen

Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)