Split Screen

Season 1

TV-PG
Split Screen is an irreverent, sly magazine format show which looks at the tremendous diversity within the world of independent filmmaking in the United States. Created, written, and hosted by long-time producer/talent scout John Pierson, this half-hour television series breaks through all the highbrow stuff to illustrate why independent moviemaking is so much fun. Pierson travels all over the country with noted actors and filmmakers, many of whom he helped discover. On Split Screen you will see: -Producer/Director/Actor Kevin Smith Uncensored-a rare in-depth interview AND as a guest host of Split Screen -Cooking with actor Christopher Walken -Actors Matt Damon and Edward Norton using their film experience at the "World Series of Poker" -The man behind the original "Godzilla" monster -An archaeological dig to uncover filmmaker Cecil B. Demille's buried movie set in the Los Angeles desert -A young filmmaker crashing his car in order to finance his film with the insurance money. -The Blair Witch Project demystified. Produced by the Independent Film Channel (IFC), Split Screen is where the independent film elite and the offbeat meet. Split Screen has thrilled TV audiences for years and is the true, definitive exposé on the wild world of independent film.

Where to Watch Season 1

10 Episodes

  • Spike Remembers, Waters Shocks
    E1
    Spike Remembers, Waters ShocksSpike 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.
  • Linklater & Bogosian in New York
    E2
    Linklater & Bogosian in New YorkRichard 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.
  • Kevin & Crumb at the Quick Stop
    E3
    Kevin & Crumb at the Quick StopKevin 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 Borchardt.
  • Sundance on the Hudson
    E4
    Sundance on the HudsonBob 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.
  • Breakthrough Screenwriting
    E5
    Breakthrough ScreenwritingBrian 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.
  • Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys Around
    E6
    Lurie Fishes, Gilliam Monkeys AroundJohn 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 Gilliams's first market research screening for TWELVE MONKEYS.
  • Errol Morris Rocks, Gators Chomp
    E7
    Errol Morris Rocks, Gators ChompSWINGBLADE: 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 distributing filmmaker from Vermont; filmmaker Errol Morris, accompanied by his bulldog, talks about films, life and art from his Vermont front porch
  • Buscemi & Turturro on the Block
    E8
    Buscemi & Turturro on the BlockMr. 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 and Doug Stone scope out the Andover Youth Services Homegrown Film Festival introducing us to the next generation.
  • Meet the Skolnicks
    E9
    Meet the SkolnicksCinemoids: 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: special preview of Yvonne Welbon's feature documentary on black women in film, with Julie Dash and Darnell Martin.
  • Enter the Blair Witch
    E10
    Enter the Blair WitchSunflower 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 documentary; The Blair Witch Project: a three-crew documentary team disappears deep in the woods of Maryland.

 

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