Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
75 min
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?
- Release date
- October 28, 1968
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Miles Davis
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Trailer
Cast
- Patricia Ree Gilbert as Self - Actress Testing for Alice
- Don Fellows as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
- William Greaves as Self - Director
- Susan Anspach as Self - Actress Testing for Alice
- Stevan Larner as Self - Cameraman
- Terence Macartney-Filgate as Self - Cameraman
- Robert L. Rosen as Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)
- Louise Archambault as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
- Jonathan Gordon as Self - Soundman
- Bob Rosen as Self - Production Manager
- Audrey Heningham as Self - Black Lady Clapping her Hands
- Maria Zeheri as Self - Camera Assistant
Crew
- William Greaves · Director
- William Greaves · Writer
- William Greaves · Producer
- Miles Davis · Composer
- Stevan Larner · Cinematographer
- Terence Macartney-Filgate · Cinematographer
- William Greaves · Editor