Movie

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

★ 6.9(59)19681h 15m

Documentary

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One is streaming on Criterion Channel in Canada. Availability checked 22 July 2026.

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Director: William Greaves
Release date: 1968-10-28
Runtime: 1h 15m
Language: English
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Take One Productions
Part of: Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Collection

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One — trailer

About Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One is a 1968 movie in the Documentary genre, directed by William Greaves, starring Patricia Ree Gilbert , Don Fellows and Jonathan Gordon. It has a runtime of 1 hour 15 minutes. It holds an average rating of 6.9/10 from 59 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One in Canada — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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?

Cast

Patricia Ree Gilbert

Self - Actress Testing for Alice

Don Fellows

Self - Actor Testing for Freddy

Jonathan Gordon

Self - Soundman

William Greaves

Self - Director

Susan Anspach

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Audrey Heningham

Black Lady Clapping Her Hands (uncredited)

Stevan Larner

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Self - Cameraman (uncredited)

Maria Zeheri

Self - Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Robert L. Rosen

Self - Production Manager (as Bob Rosen)

Louise Archambault Greaves

Self - Actress Testing for Alice (uncredited)

Themes & keywords

big cityavant-gardefilmmakingcameramancinéma vériténon-narrativecast and crewfilm directorfilm crewfilm within a filmarguing coupleexperimentalwhimsical