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
Dietmar Post / Lucia Palacios - Monks – The Transatlantic Feedback
Label: Play Loud! / PLDVD04
Artist: Dietmar Post / Lucia Palacios
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tag: Documentary.
Various Artists - RT-32 Acoustic Space Lab
Acoustic.Space.Re-search.Lab is long-term co-operation between several international artists’ groups and individuals from the Xchange network: RIXC/E-LAB ..(read more)
Label: RIXC Riga / RIXC2006
Artist: Various Artists
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Eastern Europe, Sonic Experiments.
John Akomfrah - The Nine Muses
Twenty-five years after the end of the Trojan War, Odysseus still has not returned home. So his son, Telemachus, sets off an epic journey in search of his lost ..(read more)
Label: British Film Institute / 5055159200349
Artist: John Akomfrah
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tag: Documentary.
