Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

October. 28,1968      R
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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?

Patricia Ree Gilbert as  Herself / Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows as  Himself / Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon as  Himself / Soundman
William Greaves as  Himself / Director
Susan Anspach as  Herself / Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Stevan Larner as  Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate as  Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)

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