“The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to get across an impression; Mifune needed only three.”
— Akira Kurosawa on Toshiro Mifune.
Alain Delon in Le Samouraï. Melville. 1967.
“We did everything wrong, technically… The only thing we did right was to get a group of people together who were young, full of life, and wanted to do something of meaning.”
— John Cassavetes on Shadows
For a chance to win the above pictured copy of Lonely Is An Eyesore (1987) recently found in the 4AD warehouse, share this GIF and email competitions@4ad.com with your name and address.
Cover art for new MBV album? We’ll all find out tonight :)
“We got away with murder basically.”
—Kevin Shields on how Loveless almost bankrupt Creation Records
“Now here’s a rarity… all of My Bloody Valentine at least smirking if not actually smiling in a photo! From September 1988 in my old Wapping studio, B2 Metropolitan Wharf and I guess around the time of the first Creation release. Kevin looks positively relaxed here!!”
— Steve Double, photographer
Behind the scenes of Federico Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria.
(Source: strangewood)
