Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

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?

Date of release
1968-10-28
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (66)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary
Director
William Greaves

Casting

  • 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)

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