Old is New – 1970s Style, The Split screen

MattM — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:50:00 GMT

The use of split screen did not originate in the 1970s - an example of the technique can be found in Napoleon,1927 by Abel Gance - and actually was not uncommon in the 1960s (see Grand Prix and The Thomas Crown Affair), but today is a convention thought of in regard to movies and TV of the 70s.

No one used it more than Brian De Palma, who also layered sound effects and music in unusual and often unsettling ways to enrich his strange films:

Sisters 1973

Phantom of the Paradise 1974

Carrie 1976

Dressed to Kill 1980

Movies & TV : 1970s

Old is New – 1970s Style, The Split screen