SummaryCinema verite reaches a new level of reality in this 1968 film-within-a-film as director William Greaves dares to break the accepted rules of cinema. (William Greaves Productions)
Directed By:William Greaves
Written By:William Greaves
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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This is a movie from the past that's also eerily of a piece with the film culture of now and tomorrow.
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If all this sounds a bit nuts, dangerously self-indulgent and very of its experimental moment, it is. But it's also highly entertaining and, at moments, revelatory about filmmaking as a site of creative tension between individual vision and collective endeavor.
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The title modifies a term coined by political scientist and philosopher Arthur Bentley that refers to the interactions between people and their environment, and the notion of a shifting center is what gives this experiment much of its interest and also limits it from going very far in any single direction.
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May be the ultimate paradigm of self-reflexive cinema, eating Godard's tail for him and one-upping the classic anti-cartoon Duck Amuck by submitting to a cunning entropy and a self-inquiry so relentless the movie never moves from square one.
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This possibly is the truest behind-the-scenes film I have ever seen. While the premise is tumultuous to look upon, it happens to never disappoint on what is a definitive behind-the-scenes film. It isn't a documentary, but preferably a mockumentary, as the director was trying to film a film that is possibly fake, he used so much footage, and behind-the-scenes of behind the scenes, it is truly guaranteed to make your head spin if you try to do the math.
Production Company:
- Take One Productions
Release Date:Oct 26, 2005
Duration:1 h 10 m
Awards
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Film Preservation Board, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
