Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968)
1h 15m
Running Time
October 28, 1968Release Date
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968)
1h 15m
Running Time
October 28, 1968Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Patricia Ree Gilbert
Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
Self - Soundman / Sound
William Greaves
Self - Director / Director / Writer / Editor / Producer
Susan Anspach
Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Bob Rosen
Self - Production Manager
Audrey Heningham
Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
Self - Cameraman (uncredited) / Director of Photography
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Self - Cameraman (uncredited) / Director of Photography
Maria Zeheri
Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Rosen
Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen) / Production Manager
Miles Davis
Music
Nicky Kaplan
Sound
John W. Reavis Jr.
Sound
John Pollard
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 28, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 15m
Content RatingR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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
Wiki.
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One is a 1971 American experimental documentary film written, directed, co-produced and edited by filmmaker and documentarian William Greaves. The film is shot and presented in the style of a cinéma vérité documentary, attempting to capture and examine pure reality unhindered by the presence of the cameras all around. It is notable for the inherent layers of metatextual storytelling, with a documentary inside a documentary inside a documentary.
In 2015, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, deeming it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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