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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 20, 2005

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

Director

William Greaves

Description

A movie about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their relationship. In "Take 2 1/2," Greaves starts with 1968 takes of one of these pairs of actors plus footage of the crew discussing the film's progress. Then, 35 years later, Greaves brings back to Central Park those actors and some of the original crew (plus others) to film a reunion of the characters Alice and Freddie. We watch scenes of these characters and discussions among the actors and crew. Greaves explores and dramatizes the dialectic in the creative process.