Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½ (2005)
A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their relationship. In "Take 2 1/2," Greaves starts with 1968 takes of one of these pairs of actors plus footage of the crew discussing the film's progress. Then, 35 years later, Greaves brings back to Central Park those actors and some of the original crew (plus others) to film a reunion of the characters Alice and Freddie. We watch scenes of these characters and discussions among the actors and crew. Greaves explores and dramatizes the dialectic in the creative process.
Director: William Greaves
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William Greaves as Self |
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Steve Buscemi as Self |
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Audrey Heningham as Alice |
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Shannon Baker as Freddie |
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Jonathan Gordon as Self |
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Marcia Karp as Psychodramatist |
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Louise Archambault Greaves as Self |
| Directing | William Greaves | Director |
| Production | Steven Soderbergh | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steve Buscemi | Executive Producer |
| Writing | William Greaves | Writer |
| Editing | Christopher Osborn | Editor |
| Production | William Greaves | Producer |
| Camera | Terence Macartney-Filgate | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Henry Adebonojo | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Phil Parmet | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jonathan Weaver | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Stevan Larner | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bill Stitt | Line Producer |
| Production | Louise Archambault Greaves | Co-Producer |
