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Feature film — 1968

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

6.91h 15mDocumentary

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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Director: William Greaves

On screen

Cast & crew

Patricia Ree Gilbert  as Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Don Fellows as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Don Fellows

Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Jonathan Gordon as Self - Soundman

Jonathan Gordon

Self - Soundman

William Greaves as Self - Director

William Greaves

Self - Director

Susan Anspach as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Susan Anspach

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

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Audrey Heningham

Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Stevan Larner as Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Stevan Larner

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate as Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

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Maria Zeheri

Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)

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Robert L. Rosen

Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)

Louise Archambault Greaves as Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Louise Archambault Greaves

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

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