STORY
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.
CAST & CREW
- Carolee Schneemann
- Nicky Paraiso
- Helen Prischepenko
- Kevin Coleman
- Jack Shapira
Cast
- Bill Brand
- Pamela Yates
Directors
INFORMATION
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Millennium Film Workshop
- The Committee on Visual Arts
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- English