Split Decision (1979)
Split Decision (1979)
This film is a scrambled narrative that illustrates, in soap opera fashion, life of artists in Lower Manhattan and at the same time dramatizes questions about the nature of filmic representation. Split decision is a boxing term used when the judges divide their votes in finding a winner. In this case the fight is between the two heroes of the film who are seen intermittently in a bar, negotiating a pick-up, and at home, breaking up in a domestic quarrel. The fight is also in the telling, between modes of conventional representation and modes of radical representation - between conventional continuity editing, and abstraction created through computer generated grids. The film features an appearance by Carolee Schneemann and digital imaging from before the era of personal computers.

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Cast

Carolee Schneemann Carolee Schneemann As: Tracy
Nicky Paraiso Nicky Paraiso As: Ching
Helen Prischepenko Helen Prischepenko As: Ann
Kevin Coleman Kevin Coleman As: Sam
Jack Shapira Jack Shapira As: Bartender
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Storyline

This film is a scrambled narrative that illustrates, in soap opera fashion, life of artists in Lower Manhattan and at the same time dramatizes questions about the nature of filmic representation. Split decision is a boxing term used when the judges divide their votes in finding a winner. In this case the fight is between the two heroes of the film who are seen intermittently in a bar, negotiating a pick-up, and at home, breaking up in a domestic quarrel. The fight is also in the telling, between modes of conventional representation and modes of radical representation - between conventional continuity editing, and abstraction created through computer generated grids. The film features an appearance by Carolee Schneemann and digital imaging from before the era of personal computers.


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Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Drama, Animation

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 1979

Country: US

Runtime: 15m

Company Credits

Company: New York State Council on the Arts, Millennium Film Workshop, The Committee on Visual Arts

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Cast

Directed By

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

Director

Kathleen King

Kathleen King

Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Not currently known.

Production Crew

Edited By

Not currently known.

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Helene Kaplan

Helene Kaplan

Sound Recordist

Mike Penland

Mike Penland

Sound Recordist

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Tom Siegel

Tom Siegel

Camera Operator

Pamela Yates

Pamela Yates

Assistant Camera

Ruth Hardinger

Ruth Hardinger

Still Photographer

Lighting

Felix Kutlik

Felix Kutlik

Lighting Technician

Art Department

Not currently known.

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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