Big Screen Little Screen

Slow news. End of year. Lazy blogging. A self-congratulating selection of items within our decidedly narrow purview, since jumping into the entertainment fray - circa summer 06′.

– “I think it all became about like a little kid would. ‘I want to play with this; I want to watch this movie. Now I want to eat sugar.’ That was kind of my way of navigating and making her a sympathetic person.” - Kirsten Dunst, in the highly quotable war or words: Sofia Coppola and team Marie Antoinette vs. The Critics.

– Before The Science of Sleep, before the Rubik’s Cube fakery, Michel Gondry was filming himself, mumbling incoherently - Re: whatever he dreamt the night before.

– New projects from Woody, Thumbsucker director Mike Mills, Entourage creator Doug Ellin, and Nip/Tuck’s Ryan Murphy.

– Recommending that you pop one of 2005’s best - Michael Haneke’s Cache, or Stephen Gaghan’s Syriana into your digital video disc player.

– Friend, fellow Seattleite, contributor - Regan pondered Project Runway’s Malan Breton, followed by Oliver Stone, naturally. Regan then went missing in action. Something about having to wash her hair.

– An American remake of kids killing kids flick Battle Royale? Let’s be real here.

– Took some snapshots of Andre 3000 in a turtle costume, alongside Michelle Rodriguez as Battle in Seattle rioters, with the photojournalism skill usually reserved for shots of Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster.

– Wrote a few Weeds recaps for moms with the munchies.

– Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, dreamt of My Blueberry Nights, Saturday Night Live.

– The 10 Picks for the fall TV season. In retrospect, yes, Dexter was damn good. But 30 Rock is the best new show, and Tracy Morgan is a walking, talking, non-sequitur.

– “Six Feet Under was about dead people . . . American Beauty, the guy died at the end,’” he admits. “But I find it incredibly different. It’s more popcorn TV than Six Feet Under. It’s very raucous, more entertaining, much, much funnier. I’m done peering into the abyss for a while.” - Alan Ball, on his his post-Six-Foot project - vampire drama True Blood, back in July, when the future of HBO’s lineup was in question. Since then, Deadwood begat John From Cincinnati, Lucky Louie became a rookie season casualty, and The Wire and Curb Your Enthusiasm re-upped. Plus, Ricky Gervais and Extras - season 2, coming soon (January 14th to be exact). And what became of Johnny Drama and cellivision?

Want to write for BSLS? We’re looking for one or two new contributors, able to get their blog on for matters concerning film and television, on a regular or semi-regular basis. Hopefully you’re all about the love of blogistical pursuits, because it’s an unpaid gig for the foreseeable future. Still reading? Still interested? Meet us, then greet us.

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A new reader might ask, “So what, or who, is this bigscreenlittlescreen.net anyways?” We’re hunter-gatherers really, decidedly pop, out of Seattle. We’re digging up trifles on film and television, sometimes providing precocious prerogatives on people like Project Runway’s Malan Breton, previewing upcoming projects from Christopher Guest, Michel Gondry, or Sofia Copolla, and getting overexcited about shows like Weeds, Michael C. Hall’s Dexter, and other new projects from the creators of Six Feet Under and Deadwood. Maybe someday when we’re not getting all tight in the pants over Johnny Drama and Miranda July, or asking what the deal is with Oliver Stone, we’ll type up those dissertations on why Tsai Ming-Liang’s What time is it there? trilogy is the greatest love story of our time, and how fart jokes are only funny if you’re Yasujiro Ozu.

So ten weeks into this thing, we’re just enjoying the ride, putting out feelers for contributions (maybe contributors) in the way of newsy tips, and looking for friends. So click around, check out some half-truths about us, or contact us if you feel compelled. And you know, maybe if you’re not busy sometime, we could like, see each other again.

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