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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 15M

Director : William Greaves

Synopsis

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?

Actors

Patricia Ree Gilbert
Patricia Ree Gilbert
Herself / Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
Don Fellows
Himself / Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
Jonathan Gordon
Himself / Soundman
William Greaves
William Greaves
Himself / Director
Susan Anspach
Susan Anspach
Herself / Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Audrey Heningham
Audrey Heningham
Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
Stevan Larner
Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)
Maria Zeheri
Maria Zeheri
Herself / Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Rosen
Robert L. Rosen
Himself / Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)

Crews

William Greaves
William Greaves
Director
William Greaves
William Greaves
Writer
William Greaves
William Greaves
Editor
William Greaves
William Greaves
Producer
Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Music
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Director of Photography
Stevan Larner
Stevan Larner
Director of Photography
Robert L. Rosen
Robert L. Rosen
Production Manager
Nicky Kaplan
Nicky Kaplan
Sound
John W. Reavis Jr.
John W. Reavis Jr.
Sound
John Pollard
John Pollard
Sound
Jonathan Gordon
Jonathan Gordon
Sound

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