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
• January 1, 1979
• Runtime
• 15 min
• Genres
• Drama, Animation
• Director
• Bill Brand

Cast

Carolee Schneemann Tracy

N

Nicky Paraiso Ching

H

Helen Prischepenko Ann

K

Kevin Coleman Sam

J

Jack Shapira Bartender

B

Brett Sussler Chic Woman

S

Sylvia Morales Chic Woman

L

Lauren Abrams Bar Crowd