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

Pip Chodorov - Free Radicals
A film that shines with its cast: Hans Richter, Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Peter Kubelka, Maurice Lemaitre and other experimental filmmakers who, b..(read more)
Label: Re:voir / ASIN: B00T6F8HSC
Artist: Pip Chodorov
Medium: DVD
Category: Films.
Tags: Documentary, Early Cinema, Film History, Pioneers.

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.

Harry Partch - Plectra And Percussion Dances-Satyr-Play Music For Dance Theater
“With his own instrumental design, compositions of just intonation with 43 unequal intervals, and his own rhythmic patterns, Harry Partch (1901-1974) was ..(read more)
Label: Jeanne Dieleman / JD116LP
Artist: Harry Partch
Medium: LP
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: '50s, Instrument Builders, Microtonality, USA, Vinyl.
