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 Four
Episode 1
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28:30Episode 2
Split Screen: S4-E1 Keep Austin Weird
Episode 2
Student activists and local film illuminati protest the shutting down of the UT Union Film program; a profile of the inimitable character actor Lawrence Tierney; shooting Super 8 films at the Austin Cinemaker Co-op; “Documation” - Bob Sabiston and Tommy Pallotta discuss their hybrid of animation ...
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Split Screen: S4-E2 The Real Dude Abides
Episode 3
The RV crew hangs with Barry Tubb, an ex rodeo rider, Hollywood actor in Synder, TX; meet “Big” Joe La Creta: actor, wrestler, and sandwich master in Wilmington, MA; is there a “Real” Dude? Producer’s rep Jeff Dowd claims there is. Marina Zenovich talks to the Coen Brothers and the cast. Original...
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29:06Episode 4
Split Screen: S4-E3 All That KC Jazz
Episode 4
A visit with Bruce Ricker, director of THE LAST OF THE BLUE DEVILS, a 1979 film about a reunion of some of the town’s jazz musicians; shooting a film, performing in a band, and hosting a film festival ”“ in Spain; meet some of the real-life counterparts of Martin Scorsese’s film, CASINO; find out...
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Split Screen: S4-E4 Selective Service in Aspen
Episode 5
The Aspen Shortsfest; SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM, a brilliant short, made when the draft was mandatory and anti-war protests were in full force; follow four ebullient NYC teens, who just happen to be working actresses and indie film stars on the rise; meet Todd Thaler, one of independent film’s bus...
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Split Screen: S4-E5 Mr. Moviefone’s Message
Episode 6
A visit with Russ Leatherman, Mr. Moviefone himself; meet Al Milgrom the Minneapolis “czar of cinema”; witness Dan Cleveland and his heavy metal band Dark Horse on their ascent up their basement stairs; “Cosmic Society” Amy Elliot and Lizzie Dornius introduce you to a company whose business is f...
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Split Screen: S4-E6 Projections: David O. Russell
Episode 7
If these Projections interviews focus on New York filmmaking, why is David O. Russell sitting poolside in LA? After a quintessential indie debut, SPANKING THE MONKEY, and a bigger Miramax follow-up, FLIRTING WITH DISASTER, he’d just made a provocative third feature THREE KINGS for a Hollywood stu...