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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

Documentary
Release Date: 1968, October 28
Directors: William Greaves
Countries: United States of America
Production: TAKE ONE PRODUCTIONS, TAKE ONE PRODUCTIONS, TAKE ONE PRODUCTIONS
Cast: Don Fellows, Susan Anspach, Audrey Heningham, Jonathan Gordon, Patricia Ree Gilbert , Maria Zeheri

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?

Keywords:

filmmaking avant-garde non-narrative big city experimental film within a film film director arguing couple film crew cinéma vérité cast and crew cameraman