Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
Directed by William Greaves · 75 min · Documentary
18.6 TOPICAL score · #4,667 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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?
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968, directed by William Greaves) has a TOPICAL score of 18.6 - ranked 4,667 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.9/10 (66 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.
- Critics88% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.9/10 (66 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 4 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read12,288 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Patricia Ree Gilbert , Don Fellows, Jonathan Gordon, William Greaves