Split Screen
11 Seasons
Your wild ride through the indie film world—by filmmakers, for everyone. From 1997 to 2001, producer and author John Pierson and his band of cinephiles roved the U.S. seeking pockets of movie madness, for this irreverent sixty-episode series.
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John Pierson introduces SPLIT SCREEN Season Two
Episode 1
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Split Screen: S2-E1 Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys
Episode 2
John Lurie on his new series, FISHING WITH JOHN the musical ISLE OF LESBOS; Cyberhostage: two filmmaking cyberterrorists try to get our attention; The Hamster Factor: Terry Gilliams’s first market research screening for TWELVE MONKEYS. Original airdate 06/09/1997
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Split Screen: S2-E2 Errol Rocks, Gators Chomp
Episode 3
SWINGBLADE: SLING BLADE meets SWINGERS; Pierson travels to Orlando FL, the home of the Florida Film Festival and proposes an “indieworld” theme park; a visit with a self distributing filmmaker from Vermont; filmmaker Errol Morris, accompanied by his bulldog, talks about films, life and art from h...
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Split Screen: S2-E3 Buscemi and Turturro on the Block
Episode 4
Mr. Pink and Barton Fink: Steve Buscemi and John Turturro on a stoop in Brooklyn; Irwin Young shows us how things work at his venerable film lab DuArt; Taranteenties: PH O’Brien and Doug Stone scope out the Andover Youth Services Homegrown Film Festival introducing us to the next generation. Orig...
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Split Screen: S2-E4 Meet the Skolnicks, Sisters in Cinema
Episode 5
Cinemoids: a portrait of the film obsessed family at Long Island’s Cinema Arts Centre; Donnie Bosnia: the life story of two adventurers in eastern Europe; Sisters in Cinema: special preview of Yvonne Welborn feature documentary on black women in film, with Julie Dash and Darnell Martin. Original ...
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Split Screen: S2-E5 Enter BLAIR WITCH, HANDS ON A HARDBODY
Episode 6
Sunflower City: Lawrence, KS, the home of the family owned Sunflower Cable system, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS; HANDS ON A HARDBODY: an excerpt from Robb Bindler’s incredible documentary; The Blair Witch Project: a three-crew documentary team disappears deep in the woods of Maryland. Original airdate 0...
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SPLIT SCREEN: Projections: Wes Anderson
Episode 7
In this installment of Projections, John Pierson speaks with director Wes Anderson about his early filmmaking experiences making BOTTLE ROCKET, RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS. Original airdate 10/02/2000.