Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

75 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 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?

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

75 mins | Documentary | Oct. 28, 1968

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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?
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Directors William Greaves
Writers William Greaves

Cast

Patricia Ree Gilbert

as Herself / Actress Testing for Alice

Don Fellows

as Himself / Actor Testing for Freddy

Jonathan Gordon

as Himself / Soundman

William Greaves

as Himself / Director

Susan Anspach

as Herself / Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Audrey Heningham

as Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Stevan Larner

as Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate

as Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)

Maria Zeheri

as Herself / Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Robert L. Rosen

as Himself / Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)