for rosa
(Source: trekgate)
Geometry: Busby Berkeley style.
A sample of some of the crazy, colorful artwork available for “Dodeska’den” (1970).
“Dodeska’den” (1970) was Kurosawa’s first color film and the first film of the second phase of his career. From 1970 to 1993, Kurosawa directed seven films. From 1943-1965, he directed 23 films. A collapsing Japanese film industry, trouble securing funding, and myriad other problems contributed to the immense decline in output.
Hiyaku ens! 100円!
Seems to be a price war on, good for us tinned coffee junkies.
The back street on Tuesday
I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould (via elsastclaire)
Lauren Bacall. Gotham Hotel, New York. 1945.
Photographer: Nina Leen
Happy Birthday Chishû Ryû! Born today May 13th 1904 (died March 16th 1993)
June 3, 1934 by E.C. Segar.
Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune on the set of Sanjuro (1962).
(via toshiro-mifune)
