Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

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 for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One...

Patricia Ree Gilbert
Herself / Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
Himself / Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
Himself / Soundman
William Greaves
Himself / Director
Susan Anspach
Herself / Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
Audrey Heningham
Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
Stevan Larner
Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Himself / Cameraman (uncredited)
Maria Zeheri
Herself / Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Robert L. Rosen
Himself / Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)