COVER STORY
Scale
Kurt Andersen and actor Liev Schreiber talk about scale and how actors, artists, and musicians choose the right size for the work they do.

Powers of Ten
A 1977 short film called "Powers of Ten" by the great designers Charles and Ray Eames uniquely demonstrates the properties of scale. The Eames are best known for a famous mid-century modern chair, and had a rule to always look at something from the next biggest or next smallest frame of reference. "Powers of Ten" shows how our view of something changes radically according to our distance from it. Produced by Chris Spurgeon.
Go to the Eames Office website
Go to the Powers of 10 website
Purchase the DVD Powers of Ten

Does Size Matter?
In the middle of the last century, almost all the important painters were working big. Canvasses grew too big for even some of the rich patrons' walls. Matt Holzman of KCRW tried to find out why, and how, modern painters went monumental.
Go to the Rosamund Felson Gallery
Go to a website with Karen Carson's work
Go to the LACMA website

Turn It Up To 11
Songs don't take up any physical space, but musicians and their producers have to make a lot of decisions about scale, like the number of instruments used or even the size of the studio. Los Angeles-based musician Mark Stewart – a.k.a. Stew – and his writing partner Heidi Rodewald talked to Jocelyn Gonzales about the choices they face, simple and complex.
Go to Stew’s website
Purchase Stew’s CD Something Deeper Than These Changes

More Scale Discussion between Kurt and Liev

SPECIAL GUEST
Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber is one of the most acclaimed young actors today. His portrayals of Hamlet and Iago thrilled theater critics, and he's appeared in films from indie (The Daytrippers, Big Night) to blockbuster (The Sum of All Fears, Kate and Leopold, and the Scream trilogy). He starred in Jonathan Demme's re-make of The Manchurian Candidate. Schreiber recently finished shooting his first film as a director, Everything Is Illuminated. He also wrote the screenplay from Jonathan Safran Foer's book.
Go toLiev Schreiber’s website
Purchase The Manchurian Candidate

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Commentary
The Dumb and the Bland
It's commonplace to hear cultural critics lament the popularity of reality television, but Studio 360's Kurt Andersen argues the bread and circus of bad TV in 2005 is the result of a generational shift.
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AHA Moment: Chas Smith
Pedal Steel
When he was a young musician, Chas Smith had zero interest in country music, and had never really paid attention to the painstakingly slow, textured flow of sounds that come from the pedal steel guitar. He recently told Studio 360's David Krasnow how an accident of faith and a bad habit lead to his mastering this notoriously difficult instrument.
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Read an interview with Chas Smith

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