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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...