Split Decision(1979)

Synopsis

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.

Casting et équipe

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