Split Screen

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.

Split Screen
  • John Pierson introduces SPLIT SCREEN Season Nine

    Episode 1

  • Split Screen: S9-E1 Christopher Walken Cooks

    Episode 2

    Join Chris, Julian Schnabel, and Cha Cha for shopping and noshing; the strange story of director Richard Stanley—fired from his film of THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, he returned disguised as a dog-man extra; PXL 2000, the cheap kids’ camera, is now a collectible; Brian Flemming takes a look at today’...

  • Split Screen: S9-E2 Ross McElwee 101

    Episode 3

    Filmmaker Cop: Eugene Hernandez and Jonny Leahan meet one of the NYPD’s finest, Bill Lappe a cop who makes films; a minicam journey with plumbing-drain surgeon Blaine Teal; Mike LaHaie and John Lee visit filmmaker Ross McElwee: “We were hoping that together we could learn something about making f...

  • Split Screen: S9-E3 Scorsese, Imperioli, and Ventimiglia

    Episode 4

    Waiting for Marty: Scorsese accepts an award at the Wexner Center in Ohio; catching up with Michael Imperioli and John Ventimiglia during a break from THE SOPRANOS; CASABLANCA: New and Improved: Brian Flemming and marketing wizard Keythe Farley market test CASABLANCA. Original airdate 09/20/99

  • Split Screen: S9-E4 Hangin’ with HOW’S YOUR NEWS?

    Episode 5

    Inside the Eye of SCORPIO RISING: Jon Ausbrooks and Lee Daniel make a mind-blowing, information-packed homage to the master Kenneth Anger; Hangin’ With HOW’S YOUR NEWS?: P. H. O’Brien and Doug Stone paid a visit to Camp Jabberwocky to meet with the correspondents and the man behind the team, film...

  • Split Screen: S9-E5 Cinemaniac

    Episode 6

    If you’ve got a building to implode, call Controlled Demolition: Amy Elliott takes us there; Cinemaniac: Stephen Kijak profiles Jack Angstreich, a true film buff, who saw 1,000 films in eight months; Fight School: which comes first, the acting or the action? P. H. O’Brien finds the answer in his ...

  • Split Screen: S9-E6 Projections: Kevin Smith Uncensored

    Episode 7

    Over the years, Kevin Smith brought the funny to Split Screen on multiple occasions. His final appearance was this extended one-hour interview at the height of the dramatic controversy surrounding his foul-mouthed, faith-based fourth feature DOGMA, after CLERKS, MALLRATS and CHASING AMY. Original...