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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One + The Death Waltz

Dir. William Greaves
LIFF SPOTLIGHT - STUART CROFT: ETERNAL RETURN
Tue 5 Nov and Sat 9 Nov
Tue 5 Nov
and
Sat 9 Nov
  • Tue 5 Nov
    16:00 - 15:37
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Tickets
  • Sat 9 Nov
    15:45 - 17:22
    Everyman Cinema Leeds, Leeds
    Screen 4
    Tickets

A unique and innovative fiction-documentary by pioneering filmmaker William Greaves that breaks filmmaking conventions and storytelling boundaries.

Overlooked when first realised, it is now considered an iconic work and championed by Steve Buscemi and Steven Soderbergh. Set in New York’s Central Park, a film crew headed by Greaves try and figure out what film they are making, slipping in front and behind the camera, and through different genres. Screening as part of the Stuart Croft season with the artist’s short film The Death Waltz in which a guest at a dinner party recites an endless, gothic ghost story.

"This genre hybrid constructs several levels of cinematic reality, making for a fascinating discourse on reflexivity and prompting the question "How much is real?" - Maria San Filippo, Senses of Cinema

Content Guidance


Contains uses of racist language, LGBTQIA+ descrimination, sexism and strong language.



Director: William Greaves
Running time: 97 minutes
Production year: 1968
Country: USA
Language: English
UK Distribution: Janus Films

Part of

Stuart Croft: Eternal Return

Films that inspired artist Stuart Croft’s unique vision, paired with his own looping moving image works