Split Decision

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

Carolee Schneemann Tracy Nicky Paraiso Ching

Helen Prischepenko Ann

Kevin Coleman Sam

Jack Shapira Bartender

Brett Sussler Chic Woman

Sylvia Morales Chic Woman

Lauren Abrams Bar Crowd

Bruce Bixler Bar Crowd

Bill Brand Bar Crowd

Betzy Bromberg Bar Crowd

Felix Kutlik Bar Crowd

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