Behind-the-scene photos from François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (Les 400 coups, 1959)
☛ François Truffaut at Work by Carole Le Berre, tr. from French by Bill Krohn, New York: Phaidon, [2004]2005, flaps photograph (both front and back) by André Dino, December 1958. © MK2/André Dino. This is a behind-the-scene photo depicting the shooting of the very last (and very famous) sequence of François Truffaut’s film Les 400 [...]
Peanuts, February 12, 1965
☛ The Complete Peanuts 1965 to 1966 (Vol. 8) by Charles M. Schulz, Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2007, p. 19. The comic strip above was originally published on February 12, 1965. © 2012 United Features Syndicate, Inc
NASA releases hi-res restored photographs from the Gemini Program
☛ March To The Moon: photo from the Gemini IV mission depicting astronaut Edward White during NASA’s very first EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity), June 3, 1965, 19:45 GMT, shot with a Zeiss Planar 80mm lens mounted on a Hasselblad 500c 70 mm camera on Kodak Ektachrome film. Photo ID: S65-30431_G04-H. Flash is required to access [...]
On Luis Buñuel’s aphorism: “Thank God I’m an atheist”
― Mais quelle est votre attitude maintenant vis-à-vis de la religion? ― Je n’ai pas d’attitude. J’ai été élevé dedans. Je pourrais répondre «Je suis toujours athée, grâce à Dieu.» Je crois qu’il faut chercher Dieu dans l’homme. C’est un attitude très simple. ☛ L’Express: “Luis Buñuel: athée grâce à Dieu” by Michèle Manceaux, May [...]
The New Yorker Cover – October 27, 1928
☛ The New Yorker: cover art by Peter Arno, October 27, 1928. © Condé Nast, 2012. Peter Arno was a famous American cartoonist. His cartoons were published in The New Yorker from 1925 up until 1968. From the book The comic worlds of Peter Arno, William Steig, Charles Addams, and Saul Steinberg by Iain Topliss: [...]
