DVD
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm : two takes
Edition
Special ed.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, take 2 1/2: Audrey Henningham, Shannon Baker, Jonathan Gordon, Marcia Karp, Steve Buscemi.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([36] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In his one-of-a-kind fiction-documentary hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm take one, director William Greaves presides over a beleaguered film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're making. A couple enacts a breakup scenario over and over, a documentary crew films a crew filming the crew, locals wander casually into the frame: the project defies easy description. Yet this wildly innovative sixties counterculture landmark remains one of the most tightly focused and insightful movies ever made about making movies. Criterion presents this film along with its sequel, Take 2 1/2, made thirty-five years later with executive producers Steven Soderbergh and Steve Buscemi.
Notes
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, take one originally produced as a motion picture in 1968; Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, take 2 1/2 originally produced as a motion picture in 2003.
Special features: Discovering William Greaves, a documentary on Greaves's career, featuring Greaves, his wife and coproducer Louise Archambault, actress Ruby Dee, filmmaker St. Clair Bourne, and film scholar Scott MacDonald ; theatrical trailer ; video interview with Steve Buscemi.
Contents
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, take one / Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, take 2 1/2