Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
1968 · Movie · 75 min
★ 6.7(60)unSUB Rating
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?
Also known as Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
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Details
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-10-28
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 75 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.8/10 (60 votes)
Themes
- big city
- avant-garde
- filmmaking
- cameraman
- cinéma vérité
- non-narrative
- cast and crew
- film director
- film crew
- film within a film
- arguing couple
- experimental
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Patricia Ree Gilbert
as Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
as Self - Soundman
William Greaves
as Self - Director
Susan Anspach
as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
- AH
Audrey Heningham
as Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
as Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate
as Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
- MZ
Maria Zeheri
as Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)
- RR
Robert L. Rosen
as Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)
Directed by William Greaves