Split Decision

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Split Decision

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.

Release Date

1979-01-01

Year

1979

Duration

15m

Status

Released

Score

10.00

Cast

Carolee Schneemann

Carolee Schneemann

Tracy

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Nicky Paraiso

Ching

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Helen Prischepenko

Ann

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Kevin Coleman

Sam

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Jack Shapira

Bartender

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Brett Sussler

Chic Woman

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Sylvia Morales

Chic Woman

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Lauren Abrams

Bar Crowd

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Bruce Bixler

Bar Crowd

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

Bar Crowd