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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2
General Details
Director:
William Greaves
Writer:
William Greaves
Producer:
Steve Buscemi, Bill Stitt, Louise Archambault, Manny Meland, Manuel Melamed, Steven Soderbergh
Theatrical:
2005
Rated:
NR
Studio:
Criterion
Genre:
Documentary
Duration:
174
IMDb:
0436811
DVD Details
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0
Sound:
Dolby Digital 1.0
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Picture Format:
Widescreen
UPC:
715515021029
Discs:
2
Region:
1
Release:
Dec 2006
Price:
$39.95
Credits
Alice (as Audry Henningham)
Audrey Heningham
Freddie
Shannon Baker
The Psychodramatist
Marcia Karp
Jamilla
Ndeye Ade Sokhna
Himself
Jonathan Gordon
Himself
Terrence McCartney Filgate
(as Robert Rosen)
Bob Rosen
Himself
Phil Parmet
Himself (as Steven Larner)
Stevan Larner
Himself
William Greaves
Himself
Steve Buscemi
Summary
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.