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?

• William GreavesDirector
• William GreavesWriter

• 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)