Film

Split Decision

1979 · 15m · Drama · Animation

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.

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

Bill Brand

Bar Crowd

Betzy Bromberg

Bar Crowd

Felix Kutlik

Bar Crowd

Carmen Vigil

Bar Crowd

Jacki Ochs

Bar Crowd

Katrina Martin

Bar Crowd

Louis Laudfield

Bar Crowd

• Bill BrandDirector
• Gloria NorrisProducer
• Bruce BixlerProducer
• Mike DooleyProducer
• Lauren AbramsProducer
• Barbara MayfieldProducer

Release date

January 1, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

15m

Genres

Drama, Animation