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
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00:00:24 - [Man] Alice. - No.
00:03:40 You're just turning everything around to suit yourself.
00:09:20 - If you see cars going by, you can integrate that into the general action if you want to. - Mm-hmm.
00:12:20 Uh, anyway, the point is this: That, uh-
00:15:24 - Nicky, you come back this way. - [Man] I got you.
00:18:36 is because they're not sure whether or not the action counts more or the slates count more.
00:21:41 I mean, that just is so vague that you - that it, you know - that...
00:24:43 is - is his mind, photographing the world.
00:27:34 - [Man] I can do that fast. - All right?
00:30:37 - Alice, come on. Come on. - No.
00:34:16 - I want her lower. - Lower?
00:37:26 I mean, Edward Albee writes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
00:40:25 where it stops, you know, being - doing -
00:43:09 - Let me hear that. - Is it taped properly?
00:46:16 If it's not going well, I'm going to stop it. Do you know what I mean?
00:50:03 And all I can say is, it's about time you started, 'cause you need it.
00:53:11 because it's the type of film that you can edit in 300 different ways.
00:56:44 Because he's a faggot - he doesn't know what he wants. He's, like, a faggot.
01:00:00 which you've become, in a sense, disenchanted with.
01:03:21 N- No, I know, but I wonder why.
01:06:15 Didn't you suck your mama's nipples first?
01:08:58 - Wow! - Yes, I do.
01:11:50 - I think you lost something. - Yes, I did. Thank you very much, my dear.
06:09:06 - 69th Street in the park.