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Split Decision

Split Decision

197915m
DramaAnimation

Status

Released

Release

1979

Runtime

15m

Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
15m
Jan 1, 1979
Languages
English
Director
Bill Brand
Bill Brand
Production
New York State Council on the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Millennium Film Workshop
Millennium Film Workshop
The Committee on Visual Arts
The Committee on Visual Arts
Production Countries
United States of America
Official Website

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