Split Screen
Split Screen was a television series that originally aired from 1997 to 2001 on IFC. The series focused on independent filmmaking in America and was hosted by John Pierson. Split Screen featured segments from many notable filmmakers, actors, and actresses including: Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Buck Henry, Wes Anderson, Steve Buscemi, John Waters, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Richard Linklater, Errol Morris, Miranda July, and William H. Macy.
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1.Spike Remembers, Waters Shocks
10-03-199728mSpike 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...
2.Linklater & Bogosian in New York
10-03-199729mRichard 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...
3.Kevin & Crumb at the Quick Stop
17-03-199728mKevin Smith and John co-host from New Jersey; a visit with CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff at home; the found video DIRECTION MAN; Chris Smith and MAKING NORTHWESTERN with Mark Borcha...
4.Sundance on the Hudson
24-03-199727mBob 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-...
5.Breakthrough Screenwriting
02-06-199728mBrian 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 al...
6.Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys Around
09-06-199728mJohn 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 Gilliam...
7.Errol Morris Rocks, Gators Chomp
15-08-199728mSWINGBLADE: 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 distributi...
8.Buscemi & Turturro on the Block
15-08-199727mMr. 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 an...
9.Meet the Skolnicks
15-08-199728mCinemoids: 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: specia...
10.Enter the Blair Witch
15-08-199725mSunflower City: Lawrence, KS, the home of the family owned Sunflower Cable system, and CARNIVAL OF SOULS; HANDS ON A HARD BODY: an excerpt from Robb Bindler's incredible documentar...
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