Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968)
October 28, 1968
Documentary
1h 15m
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 & Crew
- Director
- William Greaves
- Self - Actress Testing for Alice Patricia Ree Gilbert
- Self - Actor Testing for Freddy Don Fellows
- Self - Soundman Jonathan Gordon
- Self - Director William Greaves
- Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited) Susan Anspach
- Self - Cameraman (uncredited) Stevan Larner
- Self - Cameraman (uncredited) Terence Macartney-Filgate
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Keywords
- big city
- avant-garde
- filmmaking
- cameraman
- cinéma vérité
- non-narrative
- central park, new york city
- cast and crew
- film director
- film crew
- film within a film
- arguing couple
- experimental