The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic71/100
66 audience votes
Key crew
- William GreavesDirector
- William GreavesWriter
Cast
- Patricia Ree Gilbert Self - Actress Testing for Alice
- Don FellowsSelf - Actor Testing for Freddy
- Jonathan GordonSelf - Soundman
- William GreavesSelf - Director
- Susan AnspachSelf - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
- Audrey HeninghamBlack Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
- Stevan LarnerSelf - Cameraman (uncredited)
- Terence Macartney-FilgateSelf - Cameraman (uncredited)
- Maria ZeheriSelf - Camera Assistant (uncredited)
- Robert L. RosenSelf - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)
- Louise Archambault GreavesSelf - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
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Themes
big cityavant-gardefilmmakingcameramancinéma vériténon-narrativecast and crewfilm directorfilm crewfilm within a filmarguing coupleexperimental