Split Decision

Split Decision (1979)

DramaAnimation

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.

Director: Bill Brand

Casts

	Carolee Schneemann as Tracy
	Nicky Paraiso as Ching
	Helen Prischepenko as Ann
	Kevin Coleman as Sam
	Jack Shapira as Bartender
	Brett Sussler as Chic Woman
	Sylvia Morales as Chic Woman
	Lauren Abrams as Bar Crowd
	Bruce Bixler as Bar Crowd
	Bill Brand as Bar Crowd
	Betzy Bromberg as Bar Crowd
	Felix Kutlik as Bar Crowd
	Carmen Vigil as Bar Crowd
	Jacki Ochs as Bar Crowd
	Katrina Martin as Bar Crowd
	Louis Laudfield as Bar Crowd
	Edward Dunphy as Bar Crowd

Crew