Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
1968 · 75 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,676 VOTES · DIR. William Greaves
Overview
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?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,306 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 - [Man] Alice. - No.
00:03:38 - Bullshit. - Oh.
00:09:11 If sometimes we-you see us in trouble, then you come and help us out.
00:12:07 - But anyway- - What's the name?
00:15:07 - Cold turkey. We're gonna get this cold turkey. - [Bob] You want Don?
00:18:07 that you're not gonna get anything.
00:21:06 We're doing it on our own.
00:24:06 You know, when you watch this, Bill.
00:26:57 - We're exploring the problems. - The magazines haven't been marked yet.
00:29:50 But by the end of the day, what I would like to do...
00:33:17 A little faggot that everybody knows all about.
00:36:27 So I finally said - "Well," I said, "Thursday morning we'll get together...
00:39:19 This throws me every time, because there's Bill throwing lines away-
00:42:08 [Bob] Why don't you move it. Move it closer.
00:44:59 Uh, or not.
00:48:35 - Wait a minute. - I can't -
00:51:43 what he is doing.
00:54:53 Nobody out there knows whether or not we're for real.
00:58:09 Alice can't come. Alice has difficulty coming. Alice comes easily.
01:01:30 - [Man] No, no, the microphone. - [Greaves] The microphone. Okay.
01:04:29 There's no sense of reality in this, uh-
01:07:17 - What did you study there? - Bachelor science, Bachelor art.
01:09:58 - All right, may I tell you one thing? - Yeah.
01:12:35 [Airplane Passing Overhead]