A Rabbit's Foot is a new film (mainly) and arts quarterly published in a pleasingly chunky and shelf-friendly volume that offers 'an insider’s look at the industry, from a current, historical and international perspective'.
Published by film producer and businessman Charles Finch, A Rabbit’s Foot aims to be a cerebral companion for people with a wider curiousity about film and its wider cultural contexts. Each quarterly edition is themed around a specific subject (such as French cinema or Politics and Film) with relevant interviews, essays and biographical writing alongside photography, behind the scene-images and film stills.
A Rabbit’s Foot takes its curious name from Ernest Hemingway’s memoir ‘A Movable Feast' ('For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the ones and the sinews were polished by wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.')
About Issue 7 from the publisher:
This issue we explore the influence of the Spirit of the West across film, art and culture. In over 300 pages, there are interviews and contributions from trailblazers Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Emily Blunt, Willem Dafoe, Alice Rohrwacher, Luna Carmoon, Richard Prince, Ramy Youssef, and Viggo Mortensen.
Featured beside their words are unseen, original photographs and shoots that immortalise the Spirit of the West, as well as essays from famous writers and commentators on the likes of Rita Hayworth, Georgia O’Keeffe, Sidney Poitier’s Western, Buck and the Preacher, P.J. Clarke’s in New York, and the legendary Giorgio’s boutique in Beverly Hills.
For the first time, Issue 7 of A Rabbit’s Foot comes in three collectible, limited-run covers. Version 1 includes Clint Eastwood as the iconic ‘The Man with No Name’ in Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western trilogy. Version 2 is a rare reprint of an image from photographer Richard Prince’s famous Cowboy series. Version 3 features legendary actor Jeff Bridges, contributed from his own archive.