Rent Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes (2005)
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2h 54min
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- Synopsis:
In his one-of-a-kind fiction/documentary hybrid 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968), the pioneering William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. A couple enacts a breakup scenario over and over, a documentary crew films a crew filming the crew, locals wander casually into the frame: the project defies easy description. Yet this wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark remains one of the most tightly focused and insightful movies ever made about making movies, expanded thirty-five years later by its unconventional follow-up, 'Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2 (2005). The "sequel" sees 'Take One' actors Audrey Henningham and Shannon Baker reunited in a more personal, metatheatrical exploration of the effects of the passage of time on technology, the artistic process, and relationships - real and fabricated. - Actors:
- Audrey Heningham, Shannon Baker, Marcia Karp, Ndeye Ade Sokhna, Jonathan Gordon, Terrence McCartney Filgate, Phil Parmet, Stevan Larner, William Greaves, Steve Buscemi, Patricia Ree Gilbert, Don Fellows, Bob Rosen, Susan Anspach, Maria Zeheri, Louise Archambault, St. Clair Bourne, Ruby Dee, Scott MacDonald
- Directors:
- William Greaves
- Producers:
- William Greaves
- Writers:
- William Greaves
- Aka:
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One / Take 2 1/2
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 174 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Discovering William Greaves (2006), a documentary on the director's career, featuring Greaves, his wife and co-producer Louise Archambault Greaves, actor Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, and film scholar Scott MacDonald
- Interview from 2006 with actor Steve Buscemi
- Trailer
