Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Watch TrailerIn 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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📋 Film Details
| Year | 1968 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | William Greaves |
| Runtime | 75 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 7.0/10 (56 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
Greaves constructs a daring triple-layered experiment, filming a scripted scene, the crew filming it, and the park's unpredictable intrusions. It explores the artifice of performance and the director's role, relying on this nesting-doll structure to question cinematic truth.
What lingers after the final reel is the vibrant, chaotic energy of creation laid bare—a provocative challenge to documentary form itself. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: William Greaves
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Watch attentively, in a reflective mood, ready for cinematic introspection.
🎭 Cast
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)
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