Symbiopsychotaxiplasm (1968)

Original title

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

Directed by

William Greaves

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film crew makes a documentary in Central Park but the director also films the crew arguing about what they are making. The movie shows the process of its own creation, with multiple levels of footage nested inside each other.

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What happens

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One is a 1971 American experimental documentary film written, directed, co-produced and edited by William Greaves. The film is shot and presented in the style of a cinéma vérité documentary, attempting to capture and examine pure reality unhindered by the presence of the cameras all around. It is notable for the inherent layers of metatextual storytelling, with a documentary inside a documentary inside a documentary. In 2015, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm was selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, deeming it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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