SPLIT SCREEN: Season One

SPLIT SCREEN: Season One

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SPLIT SCREEN: Season One
  • SPLIT SCREEN: Series Trailer

    Episode 1

  • John Pierson introduces SPLIT SCREEN Season One

    Episode 2

  • Split Screen: S1-E1 Spike Lee, the Real Fargo, Waters Shocks

    Episode 3

    Spike Lee’s first decade; John and Bob the Mailman; HANG YOUR DOG IN THE WIND (movie about making movies); the real Fargo—Brainerd, MN; and the Gruesome Twosome: an encounter with John Waters and Herschell Gordon Lewis. Original airdate 03/10/1997

  • Split Screen: S1-E2 Linklater and Bogosian in NYC, Duct Town

    Episode 4

    Richard Linklater and Eric Bogosian at the New York Film Festival with their film SUBURBIA; Linklater’s first film, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN TO PLOW BY READING BOOKS; and a trip to North Reading, MA—Duct Town. Original airdate 03/10/1997

  • Split Screen: S1-E3 Kevin and CRUMB at the Quick Stop

    Episode 5

    Kevin Smith and John cohost from New Jersey; a visit with CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff at home; the found video DIRECTION MAN; Chris Smith and MAKING NORTHWESTERN with Mark Borchardt. Original airdate 3/17/1997

  • Split Screen: S1-E4 Sundance on the Hudson

    Episode 6

    Bob the Mailman in L.A.; insights from filmmakers at the Cold Spring Film Workshop; Marina Zenovich explores the January film alternatives in Park City, UT, home of the Sun-, Slam-, and Slumdance Festivals. Original airdate 3/24/1997

  • Split Screen: S1-E5 Breakthrough Screenwriting

    Episode 7

    Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley take a weekend “blockbuster” screenwriting course and make a film; Mary Harron and Katherine Dieckmann, both nine months pregnant, discuss their altered state with Guinevere Turner. Original airdate 06/02/1997

  • Split Screen: S1-E6 Projections: Harmony Korine

    Episode 8

    In this installment of Projections, a series of interviews about filmmaking in New York, John speaks one-on-one with Harmony Korine. Original airdate 10/23/2000