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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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A Film Like Any Other (1968)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.