Split Decision

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Bill Brand

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

1 January 1979

Ensemble

Cast

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  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

• Bruce Bixler

  Bar Crowd

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  Bill Brand

  Bar Crowd

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  Betzy Bromberg

  Bar Crowd

• Felix Kutlik

  Bar Crowd