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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
6.8 / 10• 1968• 1h 15m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
Patricia Ree Gilbert
Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Lead
Don Fellows
Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
Self - Soundman
William Greaves
Self - Director
Susan Anspach
Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
AH
Audrey Heningham
Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William Greaves's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
