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Split Decision

197915mBill Brand

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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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What is Split Decision (1979) about?

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…

Who stars in Split Decision?

Split Decision stars Carolee Schneemann (Tracy), Nicky Paraiso (Ching), Helen Prischepenko (Ann), Kevin Coleman (Sam), Jack Shapira (Bartender). The film was directed by Bill Brand.

How long is Split Decision?

Split Decision has a runtime of 15 min and premiered in 1979.

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