Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
United States
Director
#360Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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?
Synopsis
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?
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Credits
Crew
DirectorWilliam Greaves
WriterWilliam Greaves
CinematographerTerence Macartney-Filgate, Stevan Larner
ComposerMiles Davis
EditorWilliam Greaves
ProducerWilliam Greaves
Cast
Patricia Ree Gilbert as Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellowsas Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordonas Self - Soundman