Split Decision (1979)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1979 (US)
  • Drama, Animation
  • 15m

Overview

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.

Bill Brand

Director

Cast

Carolee Schneemann's headshot

Carolee Schneemann

Tracy
Nicky Paraiso's headshot

Nicky Paraiso

Ching
Helen Prischepenko's headshot

Helen Prischepenko

Ann
Kevin Coleman's headshot

Kevin Coleman

Sam
Jack Shapira's headshot

Jack Shapira

Bartender
Brett Sussler's headshot

Brett Sussler

Chic Woman
Sylvia Morales's headshot

Sylvia Morales

Chic Woman
Lauren Abrams's headshot

Lauren Abrams

Bar Crowd

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