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The Best Episodes of Split Screen Season 2

Every episode of Split Screen Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Split Screen Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Split Screen Season 2 Episode 1 - The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe
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    #1 - The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe

    S2:E1

    Sam Saldivar no-budget sci-fi thriller THE GIANT KILLER; one minute films loops with Gustav Deutsch at Windsor, ON’s Kinnotek Cinema; looking for the mysterious “Lady In Red” at Slamdance '97; revisiting the Blair Witch—a look at the footage found in the muddy duffel bag.

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  2. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 2 - John Wayne's Hairpiece
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    #2 - John Wayne's Hairpiece

    S2:E2

    SPLIT SCREEN hits the road! Making a film vs. running the NYC Marathon; visiting IFFCON to talk indie film financing; John Wayne's Hairpiece and other cinema treasures at the Smithsonian Institution in D.C.; filmmakers Doug Stone and P.H. O'Brien and Dan “Grizzly Adams” Haggerty go looking for the America of EASY RIDER.

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  3. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 3 - Grizzly Man Walks, Orson Welles Talks
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    #3 - Grizzly Man Walks, Orson Welles Talks

    S2:E3

    “The Illusion and Reality” episode: Dan Myrick visits musician/filmmaker Billy Yeager in a Purple Haze in Hollywood, FL; movie VHS bootleggers in NYC; building a grizzly bear proof suit—Doug Stone and PH O'Brien visit Canadian director Peter Lynch; War of the Words—an infamous Orson Welles commercial recording.

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  4. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 4 - Carl Franklin Breaks It Down
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    #4 - Carl Franklin Breaks It Down

    S2:E4

    Self-distributing a documentary about talking to elementary school kids about gay issues; Filming in Charleston, SC, from Civil War pictures to slavery era epics; a visit with director Carl Franklin (ONE FALSE MOVE); Jacob Young’s ongoing project about broken down cars on the side of the road in the Deep South.

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  5. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 5 - The Tin Drum: Banned in Oklahoma
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    #5 - The Tin Drum: Banned in Oklahoma

    S2:E5

    'Reason to Believe” booking a film on college campuses with secret agent: Tedd Stuart; a visit with Bart Weiss, director of the Dallas Video Festival; surveillance video turned into experimental films; THE TIN DRUM— Tim DePaepe investigates how this Academy Award winning film was banned in Oklahoma City, OK.

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  6. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 6 - Keep Austin Weird
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    #6 - Keep Austin Weird

    S2:E6

    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 and documentary.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 7 - The Real Dude Abides
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    #7 - The Real Dude Abides

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 8 - All That KC Jazz
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    #8 - All That KC Jazz

    S2:E8

    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 what the Pequot Tribal Nation in Mashantucket, CT does with their gambling profits.

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  9. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 9 - Selective Service in Aspen
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    #9 - Selective Service in Aspen

    S2:E9

    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 busiest casting directors.

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  10. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 10 - Mr. MovieFone's Message
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    #10 - Mr. MovieFone's Message

    S2:E10

    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 filming what can't be seen by the human eye.

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  11. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 11 - Damon & Norton Play Poker
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    #11 - Damon & Norton Play Poker

    S2:E11

    Matt Damon and Ed Norton head to the World Series of Poker; self-taught stuntman crashing cars from a junkyard; Cronenberg’s CRASH acted by stuffed animals; a screening of RED RIVER for cows at the Fairlee Drive-In & Motel in Vermont.

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  12. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 12 - Todd Haynes' Goldmine
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    #12 - Todd Haynes' Goldmine

    S2:E12

    Haynes and his longtime producer Christine Vachon cuddle up in Cannes; NEA public funding at the local level; an unusual outdoor screening on a hillside; a film festival sponsored by Dockers™.

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  13. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 13 - Animal Talent
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    #13 - Animal Talent

    S2:E13

    The Sweet Sunshine animal Talent Agency; RAT WOMEN: an excerpt from filmmaker Minkie Spiro’s short; what happens to the puppies and dogs left too long at the pound; a visit to Wall Street to try to raise some indie cash.

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  14. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 14 - Lars von Trier Is Dogmatic
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    #14 - Lars von Trier Is Dogmatic

    S2:E14

    Adam & Jo’s stuffed animal take on THE ENGLISH PATIENT; a rare visit with brilliant and phobic director Lars von Trier; Amy Elliott and Lizzy Donius visit volcanologists in Hawaii who film lava; Northwestern Airlines indie movie channel.

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  15. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 15 - Crispin Glover's Syndrome
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    #15 - Crispin Glover's Syndrome

    S2:E15

    A home tour and talk with Crispin Glover about his film WHAT IS IT?; Adam & Joe’s toy take on SHINE; mob character actor, Frank Vincent; Marina Zenovich checks out the trailer editing for the TOUCH OF EVIL reissue.

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  16. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 16 - From Homicide to Ho Chi Minh
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    #16 - From Homicide to Ho Chi Minh

    S2:E16

    Movie Saves Town: an indie effort revitalizes Holland, MI; Doug Stone visits Tony Bui, director of THREE SEASONS, and his Vietnamese cast; Homicide is Good: the indie film landscape in Baltimore; SE7EN: suspense, murder, stuffed animals!

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  17. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 17 - Billy Wilder's Shoes
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    #17 - Billy Wilder's Shoes

    S2:E17

    Making Films, Selling Shoes: director Steven Proto enlists the help of Billy Wilder; How'd You Do That?, on working with a deaf actress; Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley ride along with LA's most famous nonworking actor; an encounter with Seymore Butts: Filmmaker.

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  18. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 18 - Kuchar Kuts Loose
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    #18 - Kuchar Kuts Loose

    S2:E18

    George Kuchar, beloved innovator, underground filmmaker, and San Francisco film teacher; KIDS: promiscuous stuffed animals in NYC; 15 budding auteurs in Austin produce one feature together; Indie Dogs with Marina Zenovich; Artmark—activism, film, and videotape.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 19 - Guy Maddin Mystifies
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    #19 - Guy Maddin Mystifies

    S2:E19

    Manitoba Tonight: Guy Maddin; How'd You Do That: Archival FX; 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Meets IRONSIDE”: Muscular Dystrophy poster-girl now turned indie action flick director Jenni Gold; Tanya Hamilton looks at several decades of Jamaican film culture.

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  20. Split Screen Season 2 Episode 20 - Almost Heaven, West Virginia
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    #20 - Almost Heaven, West Virginia

    S2:E20

    Regional filmmaker par excellence, Jacob Young, in his own backyard. Meet an Elvis-channeling schizophrenic tap dancer, a cross-planting evangelical, a cranky chemical plant owner, and a pedophile Swami. Directed by Amy Elliot: we proudly present the filmmaker who to us embodies the true spirit of independent film.

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Blair Witch: I Want to Believe" is the best rated episode of "Split Screen" season 2. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/6/1998. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "John Wayne's Hairpiece".