The quote »fuck the midtones« is from a documentary called »how to
make a book with steidl«. As you can imagine it's about Steidl, a German
book publisher. One finds out about how he works and with whom – from
time to time his clients are called Karl Lagerfeld or Günter Grass.
Everyone who is interested in print, books, typography or similar should
watch it.
For a start, here's the trailer:
http://www.howtomakeabookwithsteidl.com/Trailer.html