Sadaf Shaikh

3 weeks ago | vogue.fr | Sadaf Shaikh

Une scène de quatre secondes du film Le vent se lève (2013) de Miyazaki, illustrant le grand tremblement de terre du Kanto de 1923, a pris un an et trois mois à être réalisée. Ce qui rend cette séquence si particulière ? Une mère et son enfant séparés dans la foule se prennent la main. Une autre, avec un enfant dans le dos et dans les bras, tente de trouver un endroit sûr. Un homme essaie de pousser un chariot rempli de valises.

1 month ago | vogue.in | Sadaf Shaikh

My favourite piece of Studio Ghibli trivia is that a four-second scene in The Wind Rises (2013) took animator Eiji Yamamori one year and three months to complete. In a segment depicting the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923—a train is derailed and row upon row of houses are uprooted—what makes this particular scene of people jostling with each other to get to safety so special? Multiple rewatches will show you irrefutable proof of Hayao Miyazaki’s assiduousness.

1 month ago | vogue.de | Sadaf Shaikh

Ich habe oft nur fünf Stunden geschlafen – deshalb mache ich es seit meinen Dreißigern anders. Ich gebe "Twilight" die Schuld an jeder schlaflosen Nacht, die ich je hatte. Als 16-jähriger Fan war ich fest davon überzeugt, dass der einzige Grund, warum ich noch nie einen Vampir gesehen hatte, darin lag, dass ich immer gerade am Schlafen war, wenn sie lautlos aus den Schatten traten.

1 month ago | vogue.in | Sadaf Shaikh

We’re still getting over the euphoria of having watched Green Day jam out in India for the first time—big ups to Siya who got to sing ‘Know Your Enemy’ with Billie Joe Armstrong and Ishaan, who got to play and keep the guitar after he was invited on stage to perform ‘Dilemma’ with the band—but there’s fresh news already.

1 month ago | vogue.in | Sadaf Shaikh

I blame every sleepless night I’ve ever had on Twilight. As a 16-year-old Twihard, I believed the only reason I hadn’t seen a vampire was because I was in REM sleep when they came gliding out of the shadows. Sixteen years and 5,844 late nights later—first spent waiting for a fanged hunk at my window, then later reading, texting or binge-watching TV—the only vampire I’ve met is the one staring back at me in the mirror. Anaemically pale skin? Yes. Dark circles? Double yes.