Split Decision(1979)

Handlung

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.

Besetzung & Crew

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

B

Bruce Bixler

Bar Crowd

Bill Brand

Bar Crowd

Betzy Bromberg

Bar Crowd

F

Felix Kutlik

Bar Crowd

C

Carmen Vigil

Bar Crowd

J

Jacki Ochs

Bar Crowd

K

Katrina Martin

Bar Crowd

L

Louis Laudfield

Bar Crowd

E

Edward Dunphy

Bar Crowd