Donatello & Fosco Dubini / Barbara Obermaier - Hedy Lamarr – Secrets Of A Hollywood Star
MGM-tycoon Louis B. Mayer called Hedy Lamarr “the most beautiful girl of the century.” A psychological portrait of glamour star Hedy Lamarr who became scandalously famous in 1933 as the first nude on the screen with her appearance in the Austrian/Czech film Ecstasy. She then had an extraordinary career in more than 25 Hollywood films. But.. she also invented a torpedo guided system which was patented in 1942 and serves today as the basis for mobile phones.
The documentary (2006, 85 mins) contains interviews with Mickey Rooney, Lupita Kohner, Kenneth Anger and many other personal friends of Hedy. Also featured is the trailer “Jean Seberg – American Actress (5 mins), the trailer “Thomas Pynchon – A Journey Into The Mind (3 mins) – several documents and photos in ROM-format. Finally, the 2-disc DVD offers Hedy Lamarr’s legendary scandal film Ekstase (1933, 79 mins) in an uncut version.
Languages English and German, subtitles English and German.
€29.50
Xiu Xiu - You Can’t Hear Me
Half live concert footage, half music video; You Can’t Hear Me is a series of experimental vignettes that expound upon the dark irony of the accompanying ..(read more)
Label: MVD Visual
Artist: Xiu Xiu
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Electronic Rock, Post-Punk.
The Baffler - # 45: Chronic Youth
In Baffler no. 45, the state of American adolescence is central as well as and our collective fascination with coming-of-age tales. An eclectic set of nostalgia..(read more)
Publisher: The Baffler / # 45 May/June 2019)
Author: The Baffler
Medium: Magazine
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Activism, Criticism, Culture Theory, Magazines, USA.
Nora M. Alter and Timothy Corrigan (Eds.) - Essays On The Essay Film
The essay, with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements, has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found ..(read more)
Publisher: Columbia University Press / ISBN: 9780231172677
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Documentary, Essay, Film Theory.


