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[[Jon Abrams (nonfiction)|Jon Abrams]] of Daily Grindhouse write: | |||
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A slovenly man with obviously fake teeth, dressed like a vagrant, wanders around a bus station. He then looks directly into the camera and begins ranting about how they can see him. The film then cuts to two men watching him on a computer screen, arguing as to what to do about him. He doesn’t match any profile in their files, identified on screen as a wall of computerized faces without hair or teeth. “Clean him, tag him, start a file,” one absent-mindedly says to the other. | |||
So begins SPLIT, one of the most criminally underseen films of 1989. The sole film to date of mathematician Chris Shaw, SPLIT is a low-fi sci-fi film of the most ambitious variety, a bizarre ride of dystopian paranoia, religious allegory, and tongue-in-cheek humor that basically defies description from the computer-generated opening credits (from Shaw’s brother Robert) to the inconclusive ending. | |||
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* [http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/25th-anniversary-project-split-1989/ | |||
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PROJECT – SPLIT (1989)] by [[Jon Abrams (nonfiction)|Jon Abrams]] @ Daily Grindhouse (Feb 27, 2014) | |||
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Split is a 1989 film directed by Chris Shaw and starring Timothy Dwight and Joan Bechtel.
Starker (Dwight) attempts to counter the oppressive message of a big brother media and is forced to go into hiding.
The film was notable for its early use of CGI.
It was the final film appearance of Gene Evans.
Reviews =
Jon Abrams
Jon Abrams of Daily Grindhouse write:
A slovenly man with obviously fake teeth, dressed like a vagrant, wanders around a bus station. He then looks directly into the camera and begins ranting about how they can see him. The film then cuts to two men watching him on a computer screen, arguing as to what to do about him. He doesn’t match any profile in their files, identified on screen as a wall of computerized faces without hair or teeth. “Clean him, tag him, start a file,” one absent-mindedly says to the other.
So begins SPLIT, one of the most criminally underseen films of 1989. The sole film to date of mathematician Chris Shaw, SPLIT is a low-fi sci-fi film of the most ambitious variety, a bizarre ride of dystopian paranoia, religious allegory, and tongue-in-cheek humor that basically defies description from the computer-generated opening credits (from Shaw’s brother Robert) to the inconclusive ending.
THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY PROJECT – SPLIT (1989)] by Jon Abrams @ Daily Grindhouse (Feb 27, 2014)
In the News
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External links:
- Split (1989 film) @ Wikipedia