Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½

A film about making movies about making movies. In 1968, William Greaves shot several pairs of actors in a scene in which a woman confronts her husband and ends their relationship. In Take 2 1/2, Greaves begins with the 1968 takes of one of these pairs of actors, plus footage of the crew discussing the film's progress. Thirty-five years later, Greaves returns to Central Park with those actors and some of the original crew (plus others) to film a reunion of the characters Alice and Freddie. We watch scenes of these characters and discussions among the actors and crew. Greaves explores and dramatizes the dialectic in the creative process.