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?

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  William Greaves

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  Patricia Ree Gilbert
  Self - Actress Testing for Alice
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  Don Fellows
  Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
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  Jonathan Gordon
  Self - Soundman
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  William Greaves
  Self - Director
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  Susan Anspach
  Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)
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  Audrey Heningham
  Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)
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  Stevan Larner
  Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
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  Terence Macartney-Filgate
  Self - Cameraman (uncredited)
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  Maria Zeheri
  Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)
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  Robert L. Rosen
  Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)
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  Louise Archambault Greaves
  Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)