Split Decision

Split Decision

10.0/100h 15m1979
Split Decision

Overview

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.

Genres

DramaAnimation

Production Companies

New York State Council on the Arts
Millennium Film Workshop
The Committee on Visual Arts

Additional Information

Original Title:Split Decision
Original Language:English
Status:Released
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