In Pillow Book [1996] Peter Greenaway does not use a split screen as such.
He breaks up the screen in a less quadratic manner, using inserts, overlaps,
and up to five different angle shots arranged simultaneously on a single
screen. Composite, frames within frames, including the body as a kind of
screen surface, are his preoccupation.
In many ways it becomes predictable, and reminded me of multi-media
formatting. Still, an interesting advancement of the split screen.
Just watched Pillow Talk last night. Definitely a period piece of a time and
place that never quite existed [even though I hadn't been born yet, it
definitely falls into the category of "if it doesn't seem real, it isn't"].
I'd forgotten about party lines [which we had for a very brief time when I
was a child]. The strange bursts of song made the film even more of a hoot.
Susanna Chandler
on 4/22/03 12:32 PM, Paul Malcolm at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> I'm interested in films that employ split screen effects whether as
> discrete instances in one or two scenes, such as Pillow Talk or Indiscreet,
> or else as an integral strategy, ala The Boston Strangler, Woodstock, The
> Thomas Crown Affair on up to Time Code and AKA. I'm especially looking for
> films outside Hollywood. Any suggestions? And thanks for the help.
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