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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

72 %|Oct 28, 1968|Documentary

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?

Featured Crew

William Greaves
Director
William Greaves
Producer
William Greaves
Editor
William Greaves
Writer
Miles Davis
Music
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Director of Photography
Stevan Larner
Director of Photography
Robert L. Rosen
Production Manager

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Cast

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