Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (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?
Director: William Greaves
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Patricia Ree Gilbert as Self - Actress Testing for Alice |
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Don Fellows as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy |
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Jonathan Gordon as Self - Soundman |
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William Greaves as Self - Director |
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Susan Anspach as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited) |
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Audrey Heningham as Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited) |
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Stevan Larner as Self - Cameraman (uncredited) |
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Terence Macartney-Filgate as Self - Cameraman (uncredited) |
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Maria Zeheri as Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited) |
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Robert L. Rosen as Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen) |
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Louise Archambault Greaves as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited) |
| Directing | William Greaves | Director |
| Writing | William Greaves | Writer |
| Sound | Miles Davis | Music |
| Editing | William Greaves | Editor |
| Production | William Greaves | Producer |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Stevan Larner | Director of Photography |
| Sound | John Pollard | Sound |
| Sound | John W. Reavis Jr. | Sound |
| Sound | Nicky Kaplan | Sound |
| Production | Robert L. Rosen | Production Manager |
| Sound | Jonathan Gordon | Sound |
