Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
movie
Released October 28, 1968
Genres:
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?
Cast
Patricia Ree Gilbert
as
Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
as
Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
as
Self - Soundman
William Greaves
as
Self - Director
Susan Anspach
as
Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
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Audrey Heningham
as
Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
as
Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
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)
Crew
William Greaves
as
Director
William Greaves
as
Writer
Miles Davis
as
Music
William Greaves
as
Editor
William Greaves
as
Producer
Terence Macartney-Filgate
as
Director of Photography
Stevan Larner
as
Director of Photography
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John Pollard
as
Sound
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John W. Reavis Jr.
as
Sound
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Nicky Kaplan
as
Sound
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Robert L. Rosen
as
Production Manager
Jonathan Gordon
as
Sound