Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

1968-10-28

(US) •

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Overview

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?

Movie Cast

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Don Fellows

Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Jonathan Gordon

Self - Soundman

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

William Greaves

Self - Director

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Susan Anspach

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Audrey Heningham

Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Stevan Larner

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Maria Zeheri

Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Robert L. Rosen

Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)