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Split Decision

Jan 1, 1979 · 15m
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Drama
Animation

PLOT

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
Tracy
Nicky Paraiso
Ching
Helen Prischepenko
Ann
Kevin Coleman
Sam
Jack Shapira
Bartender
Brett Sussler
Chic Woman
Sylvia Morales
Chic Woman
Lauren Abrams
Bar Crowd
Directed by Bill Brand

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
New York State Council on the Arts, Millennium Film Workshop, The Committee on Visual Arts
Country
US
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