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Filmmaker is shooting a series of screen tests in New York Citys Central Park for the two leads of a feature length movie, with the working title of "Over the Cliff". Simultaneously, he has a documentary filmmaking crew filming the behind the scenes making of the movie. In addition to seeing these two sets of footage (the film and the film of the film), the viewer also sees footage of a third film crew filming the these two in relation to what is happening overall as they film in the park while real life goes on around them, which in Bills mind is part of the realism of the movie. "Over the Cliff" itself has no plot and no full script but only a working concept of sexuality being the movies theme and snippets of scripted dialogue. This unstructured approach is to give the movie a sense of realism. The actors imply as much, but many of the crew, discussing in Grieves-less bullpen sessions, believe Greaves is unfocused and inept at what he is doing, while a minority believe his experimental process will yield a special and great end product.
In Manhattans Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. Its a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know whats wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. Whats the nature of making a movie?
Patricia Ree Gilbert
Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Don Fellows
Self - Actor Testing for Freddy
Jonathan Gordon
Self - Soundman
Bob Rosen
Self - Production Manager
William Greaves
Self - Director
Susan Anspach
Self - Actress Testing for Alice
Audrey Heningham
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Stevan Larner
Self - Cameraman
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Self - Cameraman
Maria Zeheri
Self - Camera Assistant
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