This lead to William Greaves reuniting much of the original cast & crew in 2003 to add more layers of POV in “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½”
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Actor Steve Buscemi & director Steven Soderbergh would watch it one of those screenings. They teamed up to get it a proper wide release.
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Greaves abandoned the project. It was later screened at other film festivals and museums over the years.
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William Greaves so believed in “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” that he took it to be considered to debut at Cannes Film Festival. Unfortunately, it was projected out of order & was rejected.
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William Greaves: plays a director whose aim is to sow dissent between the actors, all of the film crews and the concept as a whole
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1st Crew: films the actors in an effort to document the audition process

2nd Crew: documents the 1st film crew

3rd Crew: document anything that fits into the documentary's overarching theme

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To do this William Greaves utilized 3 separate film crews to film and document the proceedings.
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Essentially, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” (1968) was intended to be the first of a quartet of films that examined human relationships w/r/t POV surrounding a single event
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And now our feature presentation: “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One” (1968) directed by William Greaves (youtu.be/gN1tjjJyazA?...)
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem review – remarkable Harlem Renaissance documentary A once-in-a-lifetime dinner party from 1972 is transformed into a thrilling and inspiring hang-out movie

Cannot WAIT to see this: ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM by William Greaves (put together from 1972 footage by his son David).

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/once-up...

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One - A Masterpiece that sat on a shelf for nearly a quarter of a century | ScreenFish By Robert Bellissimo Where does the documentary and feature film begin and end in "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One"? Does it even matter? In 1968, ...

I wrote a review on "Symbiopsychotaxisplasm", directed and written by #williamgreaves for #BlackHistoryMonth at the link below. Greaves moved to Canada and made several documentaries for the National Film Board Of Canada ! @thenfb
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New review!

SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM - TAKE ONE (1986)

Link: midniteramble.blogspot.com/2024/01/symb...

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