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Greaves shot Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (then called simply Symbiopsychotaxiplasm) in 1968 in Central Park in New York City. He brought in actors whom he had known from his work at The Actors Studio and hired three different film crews to document the proceedings.
A 1968 experimental film by William Greaves that captures the behind-the-scenes drama of a fictional movie audition in Central Park. The film explores themes of sexuality, realism, and filmmaking, and features multiple layers of footage and crews.
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A film about making films, featuring a couple breaking up in Central Park and a crew filming a crew filming them. The 1968 original and the 2005 sequel explore the themes of art, reality, and time in a fiction/documentary hybrid.
Feb 5, 2015 · That’s what happened in 1968, when William Greaves filmed one of the most daring and original movies of the time, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One.”
Dec 10, 2006 · Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One trailer, directed by William Greaves. Now on Criterion DVD. www.williamgreaves.com
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With Audrey Heningham, Shannon Baker, Marcia Karp, Ndeye Ade Sokhna. In Central Park, 1968, a director shot scenes of a young couple whose marriage was falling apart - 35 years later they are back in Central Park as the director relentlessly pursues the ever-elusive symbiopsychotaxiplasmic moment.
Jan 27, 2005 · A sequel to his 1968 experimental film, Greaves revisits the same scene of a marital argument in Central Park with the same actors and crew. He explores the boundaries between reality and fiction, and the power dynamics of filmmaking, in this provocative and acclaimed work.
